black-legged tick
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black-legged tick Definition
(n)
parasitic
on
mice
of
genus
Peromyscus
and
bites
humans
;
principal
vector
for
Lyme
disease
in
eastern
United
States
(
especially
New
England
);
northern
form
was
for
a
time
known
as
Ixodes
dammini
(
deer
tick
)
black-legged tick Synonyms
black-legged tick
Ixodes scapularis
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