BLACK-LEGGED TICK


Meaning of BLACK-LEGGED TICK in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈblak-ˈlegd-, -ˈlāgd-; -ˈle-gəd-, -ˈlā- ]

noun

Date: 1944

: either of two ixodid ticks:

a. : deer tick

b. : a tick ( Ixodes pacificus ) of the western United States and British Columbia that is the vector of several diseases (as Lyme disease)

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.