Canadian English Meaning of ixodes scapularis

Blacklegged tick

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Definitions and Meaning of ixodes scapularis in English

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ixodes scapularis (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)

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Blacklegged tick

parasitic on mice of genus Peromyscus and bites humans; principal vector for Lyme disease in eastern United States (especially New England); northern form was f

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ixodes ricinus => Ixodes ricinus, ixodes pacificus => Pacific Coast tick, ixodes neotomae => ixodes neotomae, ixodes dentatus => Ixodes dentatus, ixodes dammini => Ixodes dammini,