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Ixodidae

 
Medical Dictionary: Ix·od·i·dae
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(ĭk-sŏd'ĭ-dē')
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A family of hard-bodied ticks, species of which transmit many important human and animal paralytical diseases.

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Veterinary Dictionary: Ixodidae
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A family of ticks comprising the hard-bodied ticks.

WordNet: Ixodidae
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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: hard ticks
  Synonym: family Ixodidae

 
 
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Medical Dictionary. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company.  Read more
Veterinary Dictionary. Saunders Comprehensive Veterinary Dictionary 3rd Edition. Copyright © 2007 by D.C. Blood, V.P. Studdert and C.C. Gay, Elsevier. All rights reserved.  Read more
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