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Noun: Ixodes spinipalpis
  1. A species of hard-bodied tick; transmits Lyme disease spirochete to cottontail rabbits and wood rats (Ixodes spinipalpis)

Type of: hard tick, ixodid

Part of: genus Ixodes, Ixodes