AMERICAN DOG TICK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does American dog tick mean? 

• AMERICAN DOG TICK (noun)
  The noun AMERICAN DOG TICK has 1 sense:

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• AMERICAN DOG TICK (noun)

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Meaning:

Common tick that can transmit Rocky Mountain spotted fever and tularemia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

American dog tick; Dermacentor variabilis; wood tick

Hypernyms ("American dog 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 ("American dog tick" is a member of...):

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