american dog tick

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   common tick that can transmit Rocky Mountain spotted fever and tularemia

   Synonymswood tickDermacentor variabilis

   Broaderhard tick

   Part ofDermacentor

Questions about american dog tick

What does american dog tick mean?

american dog tick means "common tick that can transmit Rocky Mountain spotted fever and tularemia".

What is another word for american dog tick?

Close synonyms include wood tick, Dermacentor variabilis. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is american dog tick a common word?

american dog tick is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.