| English noun: Ixodes pacificus | |||
| 1. | Ixodes pacificus (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 | western black-legged tick | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | hard tick, ixodid | ||
| Member meronym | genus Ixodes, Ixodes | ||