 black-legged_tick |
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| 1. | [ noun ] (zoology) 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: | Ixodes_scapularis | |
| Related terms: | hard_tick Ixodes | |
