Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Ixodes"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ixodes \Ix*o"des\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? like birdlime; ? birdlime
+ ? form.] (Zo["o]l.)
A genus of parasitic Acarina, which includes various species
of ticks. See {Tick}, the insect.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Ixodes
n : type genus of the family Ixodidae [syn: {Ixodes}, {genus
Ixodes}]
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