black-legged tick

Noun
  1. 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) (synset 101780550)
    is a type of: hard tick, ixodid - ticks having a hard shield on the back and mouth parts that project from the head
    belongs to: genus ixodes, ixodes - type genus of the family Ixodidae
    same as: ixodes scapularis

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