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Black-legged tick
/blæk-lˈɛgəd
tɪk/
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Black-legged tick
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:
Ixodes scapularis
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