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WOOD TICK
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Common tick that can transmit Rocky Mountain spotted fever and tularemia
Synonyms:
American dog tick; Dermacentor variabilis; wood tick
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("wood tick" is a kind of...):
hard tick; ixodid (ticks having a hard shield on the back and mouth parts that project from the head)
Holonyms ("wood tick" is a member of...):
Dermacentor; genus Dermacentor (vectors of important diseases of man and animals)
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