Ixodes

noun

type genus of the family Ixodidae

• Syn: ↑genus Ixodes

• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Ixodidae, ↑family Ixodidae

• Member Meronyms:

↑Ixodes dammini, ↑deer tick, ↑Ixodes neotomae, ↑Ixodes pacificus, ↑western black-legged tick, ↑Ixodes scapularis, ↑black-legged tick, ↑sheep-tick, ↑sheep tick, ↑Ixodes ricinus, ↑Ixodes persulcatus, ↑Ixodes dentatus, ↑Ixodes spinipalpis

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\\ikˈsō(ˌ)dēz\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek ixōdēs like birdlime, sticky, from ixos birdlime + -ōdēs -ode

: a widespread genus (the type of the family Ixodidae) of ticks that suck the blood of man and of many domesticated and wild mammals, transmit diseases of cattle and sheep, and sometimes cause paralysis or other severe reactions