Definitions for ixodes
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Princeton's WordNet
Ixodes, genus Ixodes(noun)
type genus of the family Ixodidae
Webster Dictionary
Ixodes(noun)
a genus of parasitic Acarina, which includes various species of ticks. See Tick, the insect
U.S. National Library of Medicine
Ixodes
The largest genus of TICKS in the family IXODIDAE, containing over 200 species. Many infest humans and other mammals and several are vectors of diseases such as LYME DISEASE, tick-borne encephalitis (ENCEPHALITIS, TICK-BORNE), and KYASANUR FOREST DISEASE.
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