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 | ||
Synonyms | sheep tick, sheep-tick | ||
Broader (hypernym) | hard tick, ixodid | ||
Member meronym | genus Ixodes, Ixodes | ||