Ixodes pacificus (n)
western black-legged tick (n)

n01777649

type n
lex_filenum 05
def a tick that feeds on dusky-footed wood rat and bites humans
def principal vector for Lyme disease in western United States especially northern California
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Hypernym hard tick, ixodid
Member holonym Ixodes, genus Ixodes
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Hyponym hard tick, ixodid
Member meronym Ixodes, genus Ixodes

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