Dermacentor

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Dermacentor
    n 1: vectors of important diseases of man and animals [syn:
         {Dermacentor}, {genus Dermacentor}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Dermacentor \Dermacentor\ n.
   a genus comprising vectors of important diseases of man and
   animals.

   Syn: genus {Dermacentor}.
        [WordNet 1.5]

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