ixodes

Thesaurus

Noun

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Ixodes - type genus of the family Ixodidae   genus Ixodes arthropod genus - a genus of arthropods family Ixodidae, Ixodidae - hard ticks deer tick, Ixodes dammini - a northeastern tick now recognized as same species as Ixodes scapularis Ixodes neotomae - a tick that usually does not bite humans; transmits Lyme disease spirochete to dusky-footed wood rats Ixodes pacificus, western black-legged tick - a tick that feeds on dusky-footed wood rat and bites humans; principal vector for Lyme disease in western United States especially northern California black-legged tick, Ixodes scapularis - 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) Ixodes ricinus, sheep tick, sheep-tick - parasitic on sheep and cattle as well as humans; can transmit looping ill in sheep (acute viral disease of the nervous system); a vector for Lyme disease spirochete Ixodes persulcatus - bites humans; a vector for Lyme disease spirochete Ixodes dentatus - usually does not bite humans; transmits Lyme disease spirochete to cottontail rabbits and wood rats Ixodes spinipalpis - usually does not bite humans; transmits Lyme disease spirochete to cottontail rabbits and wood rats

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Translations

ixodes

n. ixodes, género que incluye garrapatas y otros ácaros.

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