noun
common tick that can transmit Rocky Mountain spotted fever and tularemia
• Syn: ↑wood tick, ↑Dermacentor variabilis
• Member Holonyms: ↑Dermacentor, ↑genus Dermacentor
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nounUsage: usually capitalized A
: a common No. American tick (Dermacentor variabilis) attacking dogs, man, and other mammals and being an important vector of spotted fever and tularemia in man — called also wood tick
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a common tick, Dermacentor variabilis, that is the vector of Rocky Mountain spotted fever in the eastern U.S. and also carries tularemia. Also called wood tick.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.