Definition of black-legged tick Black-legged tick
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| black-legged 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 for a time known as Ixodes dammini (deer tick) | ||
| Ixodes scapularis | ||
| hard tick, ixodid ticks having a hard shield on the back and mouth parts that project from the head | ||
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