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Dermacentor

noun

vectors of important diseases of man and animals

• Syn: ↑genus Dermacentor

• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Ixodidae, ↑family Ixodidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑wood tick, ↑American dog tick, ↑Dermacentor variabilis

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\\ˈdərməˌsentər, ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from derm- + Greek kentōr goader, from kentein to sting, prick, goad

: a large widely distributed genus of ornate eyed ticks (family Ixodidae) including a number that attack man and other mammals and several that are vectors of important diseases (as anaplasmosis of cattle, piroplasmosis of dogs, and Rocky Mountain spotted fever of man)

Useful english dictionary. 2012.