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ixodid, n.|ɪkˈsəʊdɪd|
Pl. ixodides.
[f. mod.L. family name Ixodidæ, f. the generic name Ixodes (P. A. Latreille 1795, in Magazin encyclopédique IV. 15), f. Gk. ἰξώδης sticky.]
A tick of the family Ixodidæ. Also attrib. or as adj., of or pertaining to a tick of this type.
1911G. H. F. Nuttall et al. Ticks ii. 105 Leach called the Acarina Monomerosomata, and divided them into 11 families, one of which, Ixodides, included Argas, Ixodes and Europoda. Ibid. 113 The Argasid and Ixodid ticks were recognized as possessing very distinctive features. 1935T. H. Savory Arachnida xiii. 146 The Ixodides possess a soft-skinned opisthosoma capable of great distension necessary for the alternate gorging and fasting that is inseparable from the life of a tick. 1952Baker & Wharton Introd. Acarology iv. 144 The majority of ixodids usually parasitize different hosts in the immature and mature stages. Ibid., Heavy infestation with ixodid ticks can cause anemia in domestic animals. 1965B. E. Freeman tr. Vandel's Biospeleol. xv. 256 An ixodid parasitic on bats has been found frequently in Europe, Asia and Africa. |