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deer tick

deer tick noun: a hard-bodied tick of species Ixodes scapularis, of the eastern and northern Midwestern United States, one of four species of tick that is carrier of Lyme disease.

Noun

deer tick (plural deer ticks)

  1. A hard-bodied tick of species Ixodes scapularis, of the eastern and northern Midwestern United States, one of four species of tick that is carrier of Lyme disease.

Synonyms of deer tick

Forms of deer tick

pluraldeer ticks

Questions about deer tick

What does deer tick mean?
Deer tick means a hard-bodied tick of species Ixodes scapularis, of the eastern and northern Midwestern United States, one of four species of tick that is carrier of Lyme disease.
What part of speech is deer tick?
Deer tick is a noun.
What is the plural of deer tick?
The plural of deer tick is deer ticks.

Words near deer tick in the dictionary

  1. deer scarers
  2. deer stalker
  3. deer stalkers
  4. deer stalking
  5. deer stalkings
  6. deer tick
  7. deer ticks
  8. deer tiger
  9. deer tigers
  10. deer trail
  11. deer trails

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