ixodes : Idioms & Phrases

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genus ixodes

  • noun type genus of the family Ixodidae
    Ixodes.
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ixodes dammini

  • noun a northeastern tick now recognized as same species as Ixodes scapularis
    deer tick.
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ixodes dentatus

  • noun usually does not bite humans; transmits Lyme disease spirochete to cottontail rabbits and wood rats
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ixodes neotomae

  • noun a tick that usually does not bite humans; transmits Lyme disease spirochete to dusky-footed wood rats
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ixodes pacificus

  • noun a tick that feeds on dusky-footed wood rat and bites humans; principal vector for Lyme disease in western United States especially northern California
    western black-legged tick.
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ixodes persulcatus

  • noun bites humans; a vector for Lyme disease spirochete
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ixodes ricinus

  • noun parasitic on sheep and cattle as well as humans; can transmit looping ill in sheep (acute viral disease of the nervous system); a vector for Lyme disease spirochete
    sheep-tick; sheep tick.
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ixodes scapularis

  • noun 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)
    black-legged tick.
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ixodes spinipalpis

  • noun usually does not bite humans; transmits Lyme disease spirochete to cottontail rabbits and wood rats
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