DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS

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Meaning:

Common tick that can transmit Rocky Mountain spotted fever and tularemia

Synonyms:

American dog tick; Dermacentor variabilis; wood tick

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Dermacentor variabilis" is a kind of...):

hard tick; ixodid (ticks having a hard shield on the back and mouth parts that project from the head)

Holonyms ("Dermacentor variabilis" is a member of...):

Dermacentor; genus Dermacentor (vectors of important diseases of man and animals)

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