Ixodes scapularis (n)
black-legged tick (n)

n01777909

type n
lex_filenum 05
def parasitic on mice of genus Peromyscus and bites humans
def principal vector for Lyme disease in eastern United States (especially New England)
def northern form was for a time known as Ixodes dammini (deer tick)
Outgoing links
Hypernym hard tick, ixodid
Member holonym Ixodes, genus Ixodes
Incoming links
Hyponym hard tick, ixodid
Member meronym Ixodes, genus Ixodes

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