ixodes neotomae

English Thesaurus

1. a tick that usually does not bite humans; transmits Lyme disease spirochete to dusky-footed wood rats (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	:	genus ixodes, ixodes,
definition	:	type genus of the family Ixodidae (noun.animal)