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deer tick
noun
: an ixodid tick (Ixodes scapularis synonym I. dammini) of the eastern U.S. and Canada that transmits the bacterium causing Lyme disease
called also black-legged tick
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Just look at how the deer tick has been extending its habitat by more than 20 miles per year, an estimate that Catherine Bouchard, a research scientist at the Public Health Agency of Canada provided in article by Maggie Astor for The New York Times.
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Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
According to one survey from 2020, of 722 deer ticks that were attached to people, most of them—about 16%—were found on the thigh, followed by around the waist, the stomach, and groin.
—Julia Ries, Health, 25 June 2025
With the deer came deer ticks (Ixodes scapularis) carrying borrelia burgdorferi, the bacterium that causes Lyme disease.
—Sean Lawrence, The Conversation, 18 June 2025
An unlucky encounter with a deer tick (Ixodes scapularis) could leave you with Lyme disease.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 4 June 2025
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Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
According to one survey from 2020, of 722 deer ticks that were attached to people, most of them—about 16%—were found on the thigh, followed by around the waist, the stomach, and groin.
—Julia Ries, Health, 25 June 2025
With the deer came deer ticks (Ixodes scapularis) carrying borrelia burgdorferi, the bacterium that causes Lyme disease.
—Sean Lawrence, The Conversation, 18 June 2025
An unlucky encounter with a deer tick (Ixodes scapularis) could leave you with Lyme disease.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 4 June 2025
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deer tick
noun
: a tick of the genus Ixodes (I. scapularis synonym I. dammini) that transmits the bacterium causing Lyme disease
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