Ixodes

Translingual
Ixodes ricinus (castor bean tick)

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἰξώδης (ixṓdēs, “like bird-lime, sticky, clammy”)

Proper noun

Ixodes m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Ixodidae – the hard ticks.

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