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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).
Exact synonyms: Ixodes Scapularis
Generic synonyms: Hard Tick, Ixodid
Group relationships: Genus Ixodes, Ixodes
Generic synonyms: Hard Tick, Ixodid
Group relationships: Genus Ixodes, Ixodes
Lexicographical Neighbors of Black-legged Tick
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