deer tick

English

Noun

deer tick (plural deer ticks)

1. A hard-bodied tick of species Ixodes scapularis, of the eastern and northern Midwestern United States, one of four species of tick that is carrier of Lyme disease.

Synonyms

• (Ixodes scapularis): black-legged tick

Coordinate terms

• (carriers of Lyme disease): sheep tick, castor bean tick, Ixodes ricinus (western Eurasia); taiga tick, Ixodes persulcatus (China); western black-legged tick, Ixodes pacificus (western North America)

Translations

hard-bodied tick

• German: Hirschzecke f

Further reading

• Lyme disease on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• ricketed