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English noun: Ixodes ricinus

1. Ixodes ricinus (animal) parasitic on sheep and cattle as well as humans; can transmit looping ill in sheep (acute viral disease of the nervous system); a vector for Lyme disease spirochete


Synonymssheep tick, sheep-tick


Broader (hypernym)hard tick, ixodid


Member meronymgenus Ixodes, Ixodes









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