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IXODES RICINUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Parasitic on sheep and cattle as well as humans; can transmit looping ill in sheep (acute viral disease of the nervous system); a vector for Lyme disease spirochete
Synonyms:
Ixodes ricinus; sheep-tick; sheep tick
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Ixodes ricinus" 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 ricinus" is a member of...):
genus Ixodes; Ixodes (type genus of the family Ixodidae)
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