noun
a tick that feeds on dusky-footed wood rat and bites humans; principal vector for Lyme disease in western United States especially northern California
• Syn: ↑Ixodes pacificus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Ixodes, ↑genus Ixodes
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\\-ˈ ̷ ̷ ¦ ̷ ̷ ( ̷ ̷ )-\ noun : a tick of the genus Ixodes (I. pacificus) that is a vector of Lyme disease and is found especially in some parts of the Pacific coastal states of the United States
Useful english dictionary. 2012.