Ixodes pacificus

Ixodes pacificus
noun
a tick that feeds on dusky-footed wood rat and bites humans; principal vector for Lyme disease in western United States especially northern California
Hypernyms: ↑hard tick, ↑ixodid
Member Holonyms: ↑Ixodes, ↑genus Ixodes

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