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IXODES RICINUS

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

1. parasitic on sheep and cattle as well as humans; can transmit looping ill in sheep (acute viral disease of the nervous system); a vector for Lyme disease spirochete

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

• IXODES RICINUS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Parasitic on sheep and cattle as well as humans; can transmit looping ill in sheep (acute viral disease of the nervous system); a vector for Lyme disease spirochete

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Ixodes ricinus; sheep tick; sheep-tick

Hypernyms ("Ixodes ricinus" 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 ricinus" is a member of...):

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

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