ixodid

Definitions of ixodid

1. noun

   ticks having a hard shield on the back and mouth parts that project from the head
   synonyms: hard tick

   types:

   Ixodes dammini, deer tick

   a northeastern tick now recognized as same species as Ixodes scapularis

   Ixodes neotomae

   a tick that usually does not bite humans; transmits Lyme disease spirochete to dusky-footed wood rats

   Ixodes pacificus, western black-legged tick

   a tick that feeds on dusky-footed wood rat and bites humans; principal vector for Lyme disease in western United States especially northern California

   Ixodes scapularis, black-legged tick

   parasitic on mice of genus Peromyscus and bites humans; principal vector for Lyme disease in eastern United States (especially New England); northern form was for a time known as Ixodes dammini (deer tick)

   Ixodes ricinus, sheep tick, sheep-tick

   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

   Ixodes persulcatus

   bites humans; a vector for Lyme disease spirochete

   Ixodes dentatus

   usually does not bite humans; transmits Lyme disease spirochete to cottontail rabbits and wood rats

   Ixodes spinipalpis

   usually does not bite humans; transmits Lyme disease spirochete to cottontail rabbits and wood rats

   American dog tick, Dermacentor variabilis, wood tick

   common tick that can transmit Rocky Mountain spotted fever and tularemia

   type of:

   tick

   any of two families of small parasitic arachnids with barbed proboscis; feed on blood of warm-blooded animals