| 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 | ||