black-legged tick
black-legged tick · black-legged ticks
A deer tickA deer tick (Ixodes scapularis).
Meaning
1 sensesA deer tick (Ixodes scapularis).
More definitions
- 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)
Forms
plural: black-legged ticks| Singular | black-legged tick |
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Synonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- 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):Ixodes scapularis