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IXODES PACIFICUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A tick that feeds on dusky-footed wood rat and bites humans; principal vector for Lyme disease in western United States especially northern California
Synonyms:
Ixodes pacificus; western black-legged tick
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Ixodes pacificus" 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 pacificus" is a member of...):
genus Ixodes; Ixodes (type genus of the family Ixodidae)
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