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Ixodidae

noun

hard ticks

• Syn: ↑family Ixodidae

• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Acarina, ↑order Acarina

• Member Meronyms: ↑hard tick, ↑ixodid, ↑Ixodes, ↑genus Ixodes, ↑Dermacentor, ↑genus Dermacentor

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\\-sädəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Ixodes + -idae

: a family of ticks distinguished by the presence of a dorsal chitinous shield — see ixodes

Useful english dictionary. 2012.