IXODES DENTATUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Usually does not bite humans; transmits Lyme disease spirochete to cottontail rabbits and wood rats

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Ixodes dentatus" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("Ixodes dentatus" is a member of...):

genus Ixodes; Ixodes (type genus of the family Ixodidae)

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