ixodes_scapularis
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: black-legged_tick
Related terms: hard_tick Ixodes
Similar spelling:   Ixodes_spinipalpis
  Ixodes_dentatus