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Noun: American dog tick
  1. Common tick that can transmit Rocky Mountain spotted fever and tularemia
    "The dog was treated for American dog tick infestation";
    - wood tick, Dermacentor variabilis

Type of: hard tick, ixodid

Part of: Dermacentor, genus Dermacentor

Encyclopedia: American dog tick