deer tick

deer tick

noun

Definition of DEER TICK

: an ixodid tick (Ixodes scapularis syn. I. dammini) of the eastern United States and Canada that transmits the bacterium causing Lyme disease —called also black-legged tick

Illustration of DEER TICK

First Known Use of DEER TICK

1982

Rhymes with DEER TICK

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