Dermacentor — occidentalis in California, USA Scientific classification Kin … Wikipedia
Dermacentor variabilis — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum … Wikipedia
Dermacentor andersoni — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class … Wikipedia
Dermacentor — n. a genus comprising vectors of important diseases of man and animals. Syn: genus {Dermacentor}. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Dermacentor — noun vectors of important diseases of man and animals • Syn: ↑genus Dermacentor • Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Ixodidae, ↑family Ixodidae • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Dermacentor variabilis — noun common tick that can transmit Rocky Mountain spotted fever and tularemia • Syn: ↑wood tick, ↑American dog tick • Hypernyms: ↑hard tick, ↑ixodid • Member Holonyms: ↑Dermacentor, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Dermacentor — An ornate, characteristically marked genus of hard ticks (family Ixodidae) that possess eyes and 11 festoons; it consists of some 20 species whose members commonly attack dogs, humans, and other mammals. [derm + G. kentor, a goader] D. albopictus … Medical dictionary
Dermacentor — n. a genus of hard ticks, worldwide in distribution, the adults of which are parasites of humans and other mammals. The wood tick, D. andersoni, transmits Rocky Mountain spotted fever to humans in the western USA and the dog tick, D. variabilis,… … The new mediacal dictionary
arthropod genus — noun a genus of arthropods • Hypernyms: ↑genus • Hyponyms: ↑Phalangium, ↑genus Phalangium, ↑Chelifer, ↑genus Chelifer, ↑Mastigoproctus, ↑genus Mastigoproctus, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
wood tick — noun common tick that can transmit Rocky Mountain spotted fever and tularemia • Syn: ↑American dog tick, ↑Dermacentor variabilis • Hypernyms: ↑hard tick, ↑ixodid • Member Holonyms: ↑Dermacentor, ↑ … Useful english dictionary