HyperDic English WESTERN B ... western black-legged tick

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English 1 sense of the expression *western black-legged tick*:
NOUN	animal	western black-legged tick, Ixodes pacificus	a tick that feeds on dusky-footed wood rat and bites humans

Englishwestern black-legged tick: 1 sense noun 1, animal
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.
Synonym	Ixodes pacificus
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

HyperDicEnglishWESTERN B ... western black-legged tick