ixodid

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

ixodid
    n 1: ticks having a hard shield on the back and mouth parts that
         project from the head [syn: {hard tick}, {ixodid}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

ixodid \ixodid\ n.
   a member of the {Ixodidae}, a family of ticks having a hard
   shield on the back and mouth parts that project from the
   head.

   Syn: hard tick.
        [WordNet 1.5]