eng: black-legged tick

Information
has URI	http://lexvo.org/id/term/eng/black-legged%20tick

Meaning
means	(noun) parasitic on mice of genus Peromyscus and bites humans; principal vector for Lyme disease in eastern United States (especially New England); northern form was for a time known as Ixodes dammini (deer tick) Ixodes scapularis, black-legged tick