genus Dermacentor

genus Dermacentor
noun
vectors of important diseases of man and animals
Syn: ↑Dermacentor
Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus
Member Holonyms: ↑Ixodidae, ↑family Ixodidae
Member Meronyms: ↑wood tick, ↑American dog tick, ↑Dermacentor variabilis

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