tick fever
121wood tick — noun Date: 1668 any of several ixodid ticks: as a. a widely distributed tick (Dermacentor andersonii) of western North America that is a vector of Rocky Mountain spotted fever b. American dog tick …
122American dog tick — a common tick, Dermacentor variabilis, that is the vector of Rocky Mountain spotted fever in the eastern U.S. and also carries tularemia. Also called wood tick. * * * …
123dog tick — any of a variety of ticks, as the American dog tick, that commonly infest dogs and may transmit Rocky Mountain spotted fever or tularemia to humans. See illus. under tick. [1545 55] * * * …
124cattle tick — n either of two ixodid ticks of the genus Boophilus (B. annulatus and B. microplus) that infest cattle and transmit the protozoan which causes Texas fever * * * any tick that parasitizes cattle, such as species of Boophilus or Rhipicephalus …
125lone star tick — lōn stär n an ixodid tick of the genus Amblyomma (A. americanum) of the southern, central, and eastern U.S. that attacks mammals and birds, is a vector of several diseases (as Rocky Mountain spotted fever and ehrlichiosis), and in which the adult …
126cattle tick — cat′tle tick n. vet ivt any tick of the genus Boophilus that is a vector for the protozoans that cause Texas fever • Etymology: 1865–70, amer …
127rocky mountain wood tick — noun Usage: usually capitalized R&M : a widely distributed wood tick (Dermacentor andersoni) of western No. America that is a vector of Rocky Mountain spotted fever and sometimes causes tick paralysis …
128spot|ted-fe|ver tick — «SPOT ihd FEE vuhr», the tick that transmits Rocky Mountain spotted fever …
