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DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Dermacentor variabilis mean?
• DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS (noun)
The noun DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS has 1 sense:
1. common tick that can transmit Rocky Mountain spotted fever and tularemia
Familiarity information: DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Common tick that can transmit Rocky Mountain spotted fever and tularemia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
American dog tick; Dermacentor variabilis; wood tick
Hypernyms ("Dermacentor variabilis" is a kind of...):
hard tick; ixodid (ticks having a hard shield on the back and mouth parts that project from the head)
Holonyms ("Dermacentor variabilis" is a member of...):
Dermacentor; genus Dermacentor (vectors of important diseases of man and animals)
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