noun
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)
• Syn: ↑Ixodes scapularis
• Member Holonyms: ↑Ixodes, ↑genus Ixodes
Useful english dictionary. 2012.