| NOUN | animal | Ixodes ricinus, sheep-tick, sheep tick | parasitic on sheep and cattle as well as humans |
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| Meaning | Parasitic on sheep and cattle as well as humans; can transmit looping ill in sheep (acute viral disease of the nervous system); a vector for Lyme disease spirochete. | |
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| Synonyms | sheep-tick, sheep tick | |
| Member of | Ixodes, genus Ixodes | type genus of the family Ixodidae |
| Broader | hard tick, ixodid | ticks having a hard shield on the back and mouth parts that project from the head |
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