HyperDic: ixodes_spinipalpis

English > 1 sense of the expression Ixodes spinipalpis:
NOUNanimalIxodes spinipalpisusually does not bite humans
English > Ixodes spinipalpis: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningusually does not bite humans; transmits Lyme disease spirochete to cottontail rabbits and wood rats.
Member ofIxodes, genus Ixodestype genus of the family Ixodidae
Broaderhard tick, ixodidticks having a hard shield on the back and mouth parts that project from the head

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