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IXODES SPINIPALPIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Ixodes spinipalpis mean?
• IXODES SPINIPALPIS (noun)
The noun IXODES SPINIPALPIS has 1 sense:
1. usually does not bite humans; transmits Lyme disease spirochete to cottontail rabbits and wood rats
Familiarity information: IXODES SPINIPALPIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Usually does not bite humans; transmits Lyme disease spirochete to cottontail rabbits and wood rats
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("Ixodes spinipalpis" is a kind of...):
hard tick; ixodid (ticks having a hard shield on the back and mouth parts that project from the head)
Holonyms ("Ixodes spinipalpis" is a member of...):
genus Ixodes; Ixodes (type genus of the family Ixodidae)
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