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deer tick

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deer tick
n.
Any of several ticks of the genus Ixodes that are parasitic on deer and other animals and transmit the infectious agents of febrile diseases, such as Lyme disease.
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Noun1.deer tick - a northeastern tick now recognized as same species as Ixodes scapularis
Ixodes dammini
hard tick, ixodid - ticks having a hard shield on the back and mouth parts that project from the head
genus Ixodes, Ixodes - type genus of the family Ixodidae


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Correlation between abundance of deer and that of the deer tick, Ixodes dammini (Acari: Ixodidae).
Modulatory effect of cattle on risk for Lyme disease by Matuschka, Franz-Rainer / Emerging Infectious Diseases
The deer tick, Ixodes scapularis, presents an ideal example of a disease vector that depends profoundly on climate and landscape patterns (Frank et al.
A climate-based model predicts the spatial distribution of the Lyme ... by Fish, Durland / Environmental Health Perspectives
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