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Definition of Black-legged tick
1. Noun. Parasitic on mice of genus Peromyscus and bites humans; principal vector for Lyme disease in eastern United States (especially New England); northern form was for a time known as Ixodes dammini (deer tick).
Generic synonyms: Hard Tick, Ixodid
Group relationships: Genus Ixodes, Ixodes
Lexicographical Neighbors of Black-legged Tick
Literary usage of Black-legged tick
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Laboratory Guide to the Study of Parasitology by William Brodbeck Herms (1913)
"... is the black legged tick or American castor bean tick; the scutum is chestnut
colored as in the Texas fever tick, but the body has the shape of a castor ..."
2. A Laboratory Guide to the Study of Parasitology by William Brodbeck Herms (1913)
"... is the black legged tick or American castor bean tick; the scutum is chestnut
colored as in the Texas fever tick, but the body has the shape of a castor ..."
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