ixodes

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Ixodes
    n 1: type genus of the family Ixodidae [syn: {Ixodes}, {genus
         Ixodes}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Ixodes \Ix*o"des\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? like birdlime; ? birdlime
   + e'i^dos form.] (Zool.)
   A genus of parasitic Acarina, which includes various species
   of ticks. See {Tick}, the insect.
   [1913 Webster]