Ixodid

2 definitions found

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

  ixodid \ixodid\ n.
     a member of the {Ixodidae}, a family of ticks having a hard
     shield on the back and mouth parts that project from the
     head.
  
     Syn: hard tick.


          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ixodid
       n : ticks having a hard shield on the back and mouth parts that
           project from the head [syn: {hard tick}]