Ixodes Ricinus — synonyms, definition

1. Ixodes ricinus (Noun)

2 synonyms
sheep tick sheep-tick
1 definition

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.

2 types of
hard tick ixodid
2 parts of
Ixodes genus Ixodes