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

1 sense of ixodid

Sense 1
hard tick, ixodid -- (ticks having a hard shield on the back and mouth parts that project from the head)
       => tick -- (any of two families of small parasitic arachnids with barbed proboscis; feed on blood of warm-blooded animals)