| NOUN | animal | Ixodes pacificus, western black-legged tick | a tick that feeds on dusky-footed wood rat and bites humans |
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| 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. | |
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| Synonym | western black-legged tick | |
| 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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