Definition of ixodes Ixodes
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What does ixodes mean?
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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 | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- ixodes (n.)
A genus of parasitic Acarina, which includes various species of ticks. See Tick, the insect.
