ixodes ricinus

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ixodes ricinus - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Ixodes ricinus
      n 1: 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 spirochete [syn:
           sheep-tick, sheep tick, Ixodes ricinus]