ixodes persulcatus

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   bites humans; a vector for Lyme disease spirochete

   Broaderhard tick

   Part ofIxodes

Questions about ixodes persulcatus

What does ixodes persulcatus mean?

ixodes persulcatus means "bites humans; a vector for Lyme disease spirochete".

Is ixodes persulcatus a common word?

ixodes persulcatus 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.