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IXODES DENTATUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Usually does not bite humans; transmits Lyme disease spirochete to cottontail rabbits and wood rats
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Ixodes dentatus" is a kind of...):
hard tick; ixodid (ticks having a hard shield on the back and mouth parts that project from the head)
Holonyms ("Ixodes dentatus" is a member of...):
genus Ixodes; Ixodes (type genus of the family Ixodidae)