Ixodes


Definition: Meaning of, Ixodes in English to English dictionary.

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  1. type genus of the family Ixodidae
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Ixodes used in phrases

  • Ixodes dammini (noun)
    1. a northeastern tick now recognized as same species as Ixodes scapularis
  • Ixodes dentatus (noun)
    1. usually does not bite humans; transmits Lyme disease spirochete to cottontail rabbits and wood rats
  • Ixodes neotomae (noun)
    1. a tick that usually does not bite humans; transmits Lyme disease spirochete to dusky-footed wood rats
  • Ixodes pacificus (noun)
    1. a tick that feeds on dusky-footed wood rat and bites humans; principal vector for Lyme disease in western United States especially northern California
  • Ixodes persulcatus (noun)
    1. bites humans; a vector for Lyme disease spirochete
  • Ixodes ricinus (noun)
    1. acute viral disease of the nervous system parasitic on sheep and cattle as well as humans; can transmit looping ill in sheep ; a vector for Lyme disease spirochete
  • Ixodes scapularis (noun)
    1. deer tick especially New England parasitic on mice of genus Peromyscus and bites humans; principal vector for Lyme disease in eastern United States ; northern form was for a time known as Ixodes dammini
  • Ixodes spinipalpis (noun)
    1. usually does not bite humans; transmits Lyme disease spirochete to cottontail rabbits and wood rats
  • genus Ixodes (noun)
    1. type genus of the family Ixodidae
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