deer tick

noun

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.

Similar
black-legged tickIxodes dammini
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Meanings

noundeer tick (plural deer ticks)

plural deer ticks

  1. 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

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA 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.

Similar
black-legged tick

More synonyms by meaning

nouna northeastern tick now recognized as same species as Ixodes scapularis

Similar
Ixodes dammini
Broader
hard tickixodid

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

French tique du cerf
  • tique du cerfhard-bodied tick
German Hirschzecke
  • Hirschzeckehard-bodied tick
Japanese シカダニ
  • シカダニ (shikadani)hard-bodied tick
Spanish garrapata de los ciervos, garrapata de patas negras
  • garrapata de los ciervoshard-bodied tick
  • garrapata de patas negrashard-bodied tick
Cite this entry
APA

deer tick. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deer%20tick

MLA

“deer tick.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deer%20tick. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “deer tick,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deer%20tick.

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