Definitions for ixodes ricinus

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  1. sheep-tick, sheep tick, Ixodes ricinus(noun)

    parasitic on sheep and cattle as well as humans; can transmit looping ill in sheep (acute viral disease of the nervous system); a vector for Lyme disease spirochete


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