black-legged tick

Meaning of word black-legged tick from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.

black-legged tick noun

Meaning : Parasitic on mice of genus Peromyscus and bites humans. Principal vector for Lyme disease in eastern United States (especially New England). Northern form was for a time known as Ixodes dammini (deer tick).

Synonyms : ixodes scapularis

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palatine bone (noun)
Either of two irregularly shaped bones that form the back of the hard palate and helps to form the nasal cavity and the floor of the orbits.

victimisation (noun)
An act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them unfairly).

victimization (noun)
Adversity resulting from being made a victim.

thief (noun)
A criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it.

palsgrave (noun)
(Middle Ages) the lord of a palatinate who exercised sovereign powers over his lands.

bog down (verb)
Get stuck while doing something.

good (noun)
Benefit.

lycopersicon esculentum (noun)
Native to South America. Widely cultivated in many varieties.

palatalised (adjective)
Produced with the front of the tongue near or touching the hard palate (as `y') or with the blade of the tongue near the hard palate (as `ch' in `chin' or `j' in `gin').

lexical ambiguity (noun)
The ambiguity of an individual word or phrase that can be used (in different contexts) to express two or more different meanings.