black-legged tick
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(noun) parasitic on mice of genus Peromyscus (especially P. leucopus) 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) |
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Synonyms: Ixodes scapularis |
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Related Words: hard tick, ixodid |
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