FAMILY IXODIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Ixodidae mean? 

• FAMILY IXODIDAE (noun)
  The noun FAMILY IXODIDAE has 1 sense:

1. hard ticks

  Familiarity information: FAMILY IXODIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY IXODIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Hard ticks

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Ixodidae; Ixodidae

Hypernyms ("family Ixodidae" is a kind of...):

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "family Ixodidae"):

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

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

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

Holonyms ("family Ixodidae" is a member of...):

Acarina; order Acarina (mites and ticks)