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IXODES SCAPULARIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Parasitic on mice of genus Peromyscus and bites humans; principal vector for Lyme disease in eastern United States (especially New England); northern form was for a time known as Ixodes dammini (deer tick)
Synonyms:
black-legged tick; Ixodes scapularis
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Ixodes scapularis" 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 scapularis" is a member of...):
genus Ixodes; Ixodes (type genus of the family Ixodidae)
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