deer tick

1. 1.

   a northeastern tick now recognized as same species as Ixodes scapularis

   SynonymsIxodes dammini

   Broaderhard tick

   Part ofIxodes

Questions about deer tick

What does deer tick mean?

deer tick means "a northeastern tick now recognized as same species as Ixodes scapularis".

What is another word for deer tick?

Close synonyms include Ixodes dammini. 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 deer tick a common word?

deer tick is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.