WordNet: Ixodes scapularis, black-legged tick
parasitic on mice of genus Peromyscus and bites humans; principal vector for Lyme disease in eastern United States (especially New England); northern form was for a time known as Ixodes dammini (deer tick)
- hypernym hard tick, ixodid
- member holonym Ixodes, genus Ixodes
Ixodes scapularis
- (suomi) Ixodes scapularis (synonyymi)
- (suomi) peurapunkki (synonyymi)
black-legged tick
- (suomi) mustajalkainen peurapunkki (synonyymi)