Ixodes

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ixodes \Ix*o"des\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? like birdlime; ? birdlime
     + e'i^dos form.] (Zool.)
     A genus of parasitic Acarina, which includes various species
     of ticks. See {Tick}, the insect.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Ixodes
       n : type genus of the family Ixodidae [syn: {genus Ixodes}]