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).

Exact synonyms: Ixodes Scapularis
Generic synonyms: Hard Tick, Ixodid
Group relationships: Genus Ixodes, Ixodes

Lexicographical Neighbors of Black-legged Tick

black-billed cuckoo
black-body radiation
black-capped chickadee
black-crowned night heron
black-dot ringworm
black-eyed pea
black-eyed Susan
black-eyed Susan vine
black-footed albatross
black-footed ferret
black-fronted bush shrike
black-haired
black-headed snake
black-hearted
black-jack
black-legged tick (current term)
black-market
black-necked cobra
black-necked grebe
black-necked stilt
black-necked stork
black-stemmed spleenwort
black-stem spleenwort
black-tailed deer
black-tie
black-tongue disease
black-winged stilt
blackamoor
blackamoors
blackback flounder

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