ixodidae (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *Ixodidae*:
NOUN	animal	Ixodidae, family Ixodidae	hard ticks

English > *Ixodidae*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	hard ticks.
Synonym	family Ixodidae
Member of	Acarina, order Acarina	mites and ticks
Members	Dermacentor, genus Dermacentor	vectors of important diseases of man and animals
	Ixodes, genus Ixodes	type genus of the family Ixodidae
	hard tick, ixodid	ticks having a hard shield on the back and mouth parts that project from the head
Broader	arthropod family	Any of the arthropods
Spanish	familia Ixodidae, Ixodidae, ixódidos
Catalan	ixòdids

HyperDic: ixodidae