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IXODES NEOTOMAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A tick that usually does not bite humans; transmits Lyme disease spirochete to dusky-footed wood rats
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Ixodes neotomae" 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 neotomae" is a member of...):
genus Ixodes; Ixodes (type genus of the family Ixodidae)