american dog tick

English Thesaurus

1. common tick that can transmit Rocky Mountain spotted fever and tularemia (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	hard tick, ixodid,
definition	:	ticks having a hard shield on the back and mouth parts that project from the head (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	dermacentor, genus dermacentor,
definition	:	vectors of important diseases of man and animals (noun.animal)