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IXODES PACIFICUS

• IXODES PACIFICUS (noun)
The noun IXODES PACIFICUS has 1 sense:

1. feeds on dusky-footed wood rat and bites humans; principal vector for Lyme disease in western United States especially northern California

Familiarity information: IXODES PACIFICUS used as a noun is very rare.

• IXODES PACIFICUS (noun)

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Meaning:

Feeds on dusky-footed wood rat and bites humans; principal vector for Lyme disease in western United States especially northern California

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Ixodes pacificus; western black-legged tick

Hypernyms ("Ixodes pacificus" is a kind of...):

hard tick; ixodid (ticks having a hard shield on the back and mouth parts that project from the head)

Holonyms ("Ixodes pacificus" is a member of...):

genus Ixodes; Ixodes (type genus of the family Ixodidae)

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