English

Noun

deer tick ‎(plural deer ticks)

1. A hard-bodied tick, Ixodes scapularis, of the eastern and northern Midwestern United States, one of four species of tick that is carrier of Lyme disease.

Synonyms

• (Ixodes scapularis): black-legged tick

Coordinate terms

• (carriers of Lyme disease): sheep tick, castor bean tick, Ixodes ricinus (Europe); taiga tick, Ixodes persulcatus (China); western black-legged tick, Ixodes pacificus (western North America)

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See also

• Appendix:List of sequence animal genomes/October 2014