IXODES PERSULCATUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Ixodes persulcatus mean? 

• IXODES PERSULCATUS (noun)
  The noun IXODES PERSULCATUS has 1 sense:

1. bites humans; a vector for Lyme disease spirochete

  Familiarity information: IXODES PERSULCATUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IXODES PERSULCATUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Bites humans; a vector for Lyme disease spirochete

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Ixodes persulcatus" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("Ixodes persulcatus" is a member of...):

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