English
Detailed Synonyms for Ixodes scapularis in English
Ixodes scapularis:
Ixodes scapularis [the ~] noun
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the 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) 1the Ixodes scapularis; the 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) 1