DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Dermacentor variabilis mean? 

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

1. common tick that can transmit Rocky Mountain spotted fever and tularemia

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Common tick that can transmit Rocky Mountain spotted fever and tularemia

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

American dog tick; Dermacentor variabilis; wood tick

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

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

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

Dermacentor; genus Dermacentor (vectors of important diseases of man and animals)