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Ixodes Scapularis.
Ixodes Scapularis - as a noun
Parasitic on mice of genus peromyscus and bites humans; principal vector for lyme disease in eastern united states (especially new england); northern form was for a time known as ixodes dammini (deer tick)
Synonyms (Exact Relations)
black-legged tick