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IXODIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Ixodidae mean?
• IXODIDAE (noun)
The noun IXODIDAE has 1 sense:
1. hard ticks
Familiarity information: IXODIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Hard ticks
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Ixodidae; Ixodidae
Hypernyms ("Ixodidae" is a kind of...):
arthropod family (any of the arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "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 ("Ixodidae" is a member of...):
Acarina; order Acarina (mites and ticks)
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