Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun american_dog_tick

1 sense of american dog tick

Sense 1
wood tick, American dog tick, Dermacentor variabilis -- (common tick that can transmit Rocky Mountain spotted fever and tularemia)
       => hard tick, ixodid -- (ticks having a hard shield on the back and mouth parts that project from the head)