wood tick

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   common tick that can transmit Rocky Mountain spotted fever and tularemia

   SynonymsAmerican dog tickDermacentor variabilis

   Broaderhard tick

   Part ofDermacentor

Questions about wood tick

What does wood tick mean?

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

What is another word for wood tick?

Close synonyms include American dog 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 wood tick a common word?

wood 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.