ixodid

Definitions of ixodid
  1. noun
    ticks having a hard shield on the back and mouth parts that project from the head
    synonyms: hard tick
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    Ixodes dammini, deer tick
    a northeastern tick now recognized as same species as Ixodes scapularis
    Ixodes neotomae
    a tick that usually does not bite humans; transmits Lyme disease spirochete to dusky-footed wood rats
    Ixodes pacificus, western black-legged tick
    a tick that feeds on dusky-footed wood rat and bites humans; principal vector for Lyme disease in western United States especially northern California
    Ixodes scapularis, black-legged tick
    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 ricinus, sheep tick, sheep-tick
    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
    Ixodes persulcatus
    bites humans; a vector for Lyme disease spirochete
    Ixodes dentatus
    usually does not bite humans; transmits Lyme disease spirochete to cottontail rabbits and wood rats
    Ixodes spinipalpis
    usually does not bite humans; transmits Lyme disease spirochete to cottontail rabbits and wood rats
    American dog tick, Dermacentor variabilis, wood tick
    common tick that can transmit Rocky Mountain spotted fever and tularemia
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    any of two families of small parasitic arachnids with barbed proboscis; feed on blood of warm-blooded animals
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