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Ixodes scapularis
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Ixodes scapularis
noun
1.
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).
Synonym:
black-legged tick
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