Englisch
Detailed Synonyms for black-legged tick in Englisch
black-legged tick:
black-legged tick [the ~] Nomen
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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) 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