Ixodes ricinus

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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
• Syn:
sheep-tick, sheep tick
• Hypernyms:
hard tick, ixodid
• Member Holonyms:
Ixodes, genus Ixodes