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Definition of Genus Dermacentor
1. Noun. Vectors of important diseases of man and animals.
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Family Ixodidae, Ixodidae
Member holonyms: American Dog Tick, Dermacentor Variabilis, Wood Tick
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Dermacentor
Literary usage of Genus Dermacentor
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Animal Parasites of Man by Harold Benjamin Fantham, Maximilian Gustav Christian Carl Braun (1916)
"FVT] Genus. Dermacentor, Koch. Dermacentor reticulatus, Fabricius, 1794. Syn.
: Acarus reticulatus, Fabr., 1794; Ixodes reticulatus, Latreille, 1806; ..."
2. Practical Bacteriology, Blood Work and Animal Parasitology: Including by Edward Rhodes Stitt (1916)
"The most important characteristic of the genus Dermacentor is the large size of
the coxae of the fourth pair of legs. Rhipicephalus has palpi without ..."
3. Practical Bacteriology, Blood Work and Animal Parasitology: Including by Edward Rhodes Stitt (1918)
"The most important characteristic of the genus Dermacentor is the large size of
the coxae of the fourth pair of legs. Rhipicephalus has palpi without ..."
4. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington by Entomological Society of Washington (1908)
"... plates of the genus Dermacentor, illustrating his talk by a series of fine
drawings. He spoke of the difficulty of separating the species of this genus ..."
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