Pronunciation: ' blak- ' legd-, - ' l ā gd-; - ' le-g ə d-, - ' l ā -
Function: noun
Date: 1944
: either of two ixodid ticks: a : DEER TICK b : a tick ( Ixodes pacificus ) of the western U.S. and British Columbia that is the vector of several diseases (as Lyme disease)