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Deer Tick
see synonyms of deer tickNoun
1. deer tick, ixodes dammini
a northeastern tick now recognized as same species as Ixodes scapularis
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Deer Tick
see synonyms of deer tick a tick that is parasitic on deer; esp., any of a genus (Ixodes) of ticks that transmit the spirochete causing Lyme disease
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Deer Tick
see synonyms of deer tickn.
Either of two North American ticks (Ixodes scapularis or I. pacificus) that are parasitic on deer and other animals and transmit the infectious agents of certain febrile diseases, such as Lyme disease. Also called black-legged tick.
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