DEER TICK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does deer tick mean? 

• DEER TICK (noun)
  The noun DEER TICK has 1 sense:

1. a northeastern tick now recognized as same species as Ixodes scapularis

  Familiarity information: DEER TICK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DEER TICK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A northeastern tick now recognized as same species as Ixodes scapularis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

deer tick; Ixodes dammini

Hypernyms ("deer tick" is a kind of...):

hard tick; ixodid (ticks having a hard shield on the back and mouth parts that project from the head)

Holonyms ("deer tick" is a member of...):

genus Ixodes; Ixodes (type genus of the family Ixodidae)

 Context examples 

Lyme disease is caused by Borrelia burgdorferi, a spiral-shaped bacterium transmitted by deer ticks.

(Scientists work toward a rapid point-of-care diagnostic test for Lyme disease, National Institutes of Health)