| NOUN | animal | black-legged tick, Ixodes scapularis | parasitic on mice of genus Peromyscus and bites humans |
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| 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). | |
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| Synonym | Ixodes scapularis | |
| Member of | Ixodes, genus Ixodes | type genus of the family Ixodidae |
| Broader | hard tick, ixodid | ticks having a hard shield on the back and mouth parts that project from the head |
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