Definition: Meaning of, black-legged tick in English to English dictionary.
Pronunciation:/ blak lɛgd tɪk /
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black-legged tick
black-legged ticks
deer tickespecially New England parasitic on mice of genus Peromyscus and bites humans; principal vector for Lyme disease in eastern United States ; northern form was for a time known as Ixodes dammini