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common tick that can transmit Rocky Mountain spotted fever and tularemia

: any of several ixodid ticks whose young cling to bushes but fasten on the body of an animal touching them often producing troublesome sores; especially : american dog tick

wood tick noun

Any tick of the family Ixodidae, the young of which are transferred to man and animals from bushes

Main Entry: ↑wood

wood tick,

1. any one of a family of ticks (acarids) found frequently in woods.

2. = deathwatch (def. 3). (Cf. ↑deathwatch)

n. a North American tick that infests wild and domestic animals, often found clinging to plants and responsible for transmitting spotted fever. ● Genus Dermacentor, family Ixodidae, in particular D. andersoni