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Definition of black-legged

"black-legged" is probably misspelled. Trying black-legged_tick instead Definition of black-legged_tick

1. black-legged_tick [ n ] 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)

Synonyms black-legged_tick Ixodes_scapularis Related Terms hard_tick Ixodes

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