dermacentor variabilis
1Dermacentor variabilis — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum …
2Dermacentor variabilis — the American dog tick, a dark brown species found in North America across wide areas east of the Rocky Mountains and sometimes in California, usually on dogs but sometimes on cattle, horses, rabbits, and humans; it is the principal vector of… …
3Dermacentor variabilis — noun common tick that can transmit Rocky Mountain spotted fever and tularemia • Syn: ↑wood tick, ↑American dog tick • Hypernyms: ↑hard tick, ↑ixodid • Member Holonyms: ↑Dermacentor, ↑ …
4Dermacentor — occidentalis in California, USA Scientific classification Kin …
5Dermacentor andersoni — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class …
6 Dermacentor — Dermacentor …
7Dermacentor — noun vectors of important diseases of man and animals • Syn: ↑genus Dermacentor • Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Ixodidae, ↑family Ixodidae • Member Meronyms: ↑ …
8Dermacentor — An ornate, characteristically marked genus of hard ticks (family Ixodidae) that possess eyes and 11 festoons; it consists of some 20 species whose members commonly attack dogs, humans, and other mammals. [derm + G. kentor, a goader] D. albopictus …
9Dermacentor — n. a genus of hard ticks, worldwide in distribution, the adults of which are parasites of humans and other mammals. The wood tick, D. andersoni, transmits Rocky Mountain spotted fever to humans in the western USA and the dog tick, D. variabilis,… …
10D. variabilis — may refer to: Dalaca variabilis, a moth species found in Chile Dendrobates variabilis, a frog species endemic to Peru Dermacentor variabilis, the American dog tick, a tick species found in North America Diplolepis variabilis, a plant species in… …
