DERMACENTOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Dermacentor mean? 

• DERMACENTOR (noun)
  The noun DERMACENTOR has 1 sense:

1. vectors of important diseases of man and animals

  Familiarity information: DERMACENTOR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DERMACENTOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Vectors of important diseases of man and animals

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Dermacentor; genus Dermacentor

Hypernyms ("Dermacentor" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Dermacentor"):

American dog tick; Dermacentor variabilis; wood tick (common tick that can transmit Rocky Mountain spotted fever and tularemia)

Holonyms ("Dermacentor" is a member of...):

family Ixodidae; Ixodidae (hard ticks)

 Context examples 

Colorado tick fever viruses are transmitted mainly via the bite of infected Rocky Mountain wood ticks (Dermacentor andersoni).

(Colorado Tick Fever Virus, NCI Thesaurus)