deer tick
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
deer tick (plural deer ticks)
- A hard-bodied tick, Ixodes scapularis, of the eastern and northern Midwestern United States, one of four species of tick that is carrier of Lyme disease.
Synonyms[edit]
- (Ixodes scapularis): black-legged tick
Coordinate terms[edit]
- (carriers of Lyme disease): sheep tick, castor bean tick, Ixodes ricinus (western Eurasia); taiga tick, Ixodes persulcatus (China); western black-legged tick, Ixodes pacificus (western North America)
Translations[edit]
hard-bodied tick
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Further reading[edit]
- Lyme disease on Wikipedia.Wikipedia