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    WOOD TICK

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Common tick that can transmit Rocky Mountain spotted fever and tularemiaplay

    Synonyms:

    American dog tick; Dermacentor variabilis; wood tick

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("wood tick" is a kind of...):

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

    Holonyms ("wood tick" is a member of...):

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

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