deer tick
noun1
A hard-bodied tick of species Ixodes scapularis, of the eastern and northern Midwestern United States, one of four species of tick that is carrier of Lyme disease.
- Synonyms
- black-legged tick
- Coordinate terms
- sheep tick, castor bean tick, Ixodes ricinus, taiga tick, Ixodes persulcatus, western black-legged tick, Ixodes pacificus