WOOD TICK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wood tick mean? 

• WOOD TICK (noun)
  The noun WOOD TICK has 1 sense:

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• WOOD TICK (noun)

Sense 1

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 ("wood 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 ("wood tick" is a member of...):

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

 Context examples 

Colorado tick fever viruses are found in adult wood ticks, humans and mammals, and cause Colorado tick fever in humans.

(Colorado Tick Fever Virus, NCI Thesaurus)

Colorado tick fever viruses are transmitted mainly via the bite of infected Rocky Mountain wood ticks (Dermacentor andersoni).

(Colorado Tick Fever Virus, NCI Thesaurus)