(n) a tick that feeds on dusky-footed wood rat and bites humans; principal vector for Lyme disease in western United States especially northern California, Syn.western black-legged tick
(n) 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), Syn.black-legged tick
n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; birdlime. So called because of the viscid nature of some of the species. ] (Bot.) A South African bulbous plant of the Iris family, remarkable for the brilliancy of its flowers. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; like birdlime; &unr_; birdlime + e'i^dos form. ] (Zool.) A genus of parasitic Acarina, which includes various species of ticks. See Tick, the insect. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. a member of the Ixodidae, a family of ticks having a hard shield on the back and mouth parts that project from the head. Syn. -- hard tick. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
prop. n. A natural family of ticks having a hard shield on the back and mouth parts that project from the head; the hard ticks. Syn. -- family Ixodidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
{ } n. 1. (Bot.) A Mexican name for a variety of Agave rigida, which furnishes a strong coarse fiber; also, the fiber itself, which is called also pita, and Tampico fiber. [ Written also istle. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
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