释义 |
Ixodes ricinus ThesaurusNoun | 1. | Ixodes ricinus - 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 spirochetesheep tick, sheep-tickhard tick, ixodid - ticks having a hard shield on the back and mouth parts that project from the headgenus Ixodes, Ixodes - type genus of the family Ixodidae |
Ixodes ricinus
Ix·o·des ric·i·'nusthe castor bean tick, a Eurasian species that infests cattle, sheep, and wild animals, and transmits the piroplasm Babesia divergens, the tick-borne encephalitis virus, and the Lyme disease bacterium.Ixodes ricinus Related to Ixodes ricinus: Lyme disease, Castor bean tickSynonyms for Ixodes ricinusnoun parasitic on sheep and cattle as well as humansSynonymsRelated Words- hard tick
- ixodid
- genus Ixodes
- Ixodes
|