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deer tick

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deer tick (dîr)
n.
Any of several ticks of the genus Ixodes that are parasitic on deer and other animals and transmit the infectious agents of febrile diseases, such as Lyme disease.
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Correlation between abundance of deer and that of the deer tick, Ixodes dammini (Acari: Ixodidae).
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