western black-legged tick

western black-legged tick
wes·tern black-legged tick 'wes-tərn-'blak-.legd- n a tick of the genus Ixodes (I. pacificus) that is a vector of Lyme disease and is found esp. in some parts of the Pacific coastal states of the U.S.

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