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Noun: deer tick
  1. A northeastern tick now recognized as same species as Ixodes scapularis
    "The hikers checked themselves for deer ticks after walking through the woods";
    - Ixodes dammini

Derived forms: deer tick, deer ticks

Type of: hard tick, ixodid

Part of: genus Ixodes, Ixodes

Encyclopedia: Deer tick