Ixodes scapularis

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noun

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
• Hypernyms:
hard tick, ixodid
• Member Holonyms:
Ixodes, genus Ixodes