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deer tick

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.63 in modern English

Syllables
deer tick
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

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.

Inflected Forms

deer ticks (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

sheep tick castor bean tick Ixodes ricinus taiga tick Ixodes persulcatus western black-legged tick Ixodes pacificus

Synonyms

black-legged tick ixodes dammini

Questions

What does deer tick mean?
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.

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