English noun: western black-legged tick | |||
1. | western black-legged tick (animal) a tick that feeds on dusky-footed wood rat and bites humans; principal vector for Lyme disease in western United States especially northern California | ||
Synonyms | Ixodes pacificus | ||
Broader (hypernym) | hard tick, ixodid | ||
Member meronym | genus Ixodes, Ixodes | ||