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Wood tick

Wood tick Meaning & Definition
Wood tick Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Wood tick?

[n] common tick that can transmit Rocky Mountain spotted fever and tularemia

Synonyms | Synonyms for Wood tick: American dog tick | Dermacentor variabilis

Related Terms | Find terms related to Wood tick:

See Also | Dermacentor | genus Dermacentor | hard tick | ixodid

Wood tick In Webster's Dictionary

\Wood" tick`\ (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of ticks of the genus {Ixodes} whose young cling to bushes, but quickly fasten themselves upon the bodies of any animal with which they come in contact. When they attach themselves to the human body they often produce troublesome sores. The common species of the Northern United States is {Ixodes unipunctata}.

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