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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Ixodidae — hard ticks, most of which carrydisease .
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Examples
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The foreign species - called Dermacentor reticulates - was found in West Wales and south-east England, raising fears that it is now a permanent resident.
WalesOnline - Home 2011
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RICKET.S, H.T. T.e T.ansmission of Rocky Mountain Fever by the Bite of the Wood-tick (_Dermacentor occidentalis_).
Insects and Diseases A Popular Account of the Way in Which Insects may Spread or Cause some of our Common Diseases Rennie Wilbur Doane
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This includes diseases brought in for the first time by the foreign tick, Dermacentor reticulates, thought to have arrived here because of climate change.
WalesOnline - Home 2011
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Missouri also has American dog ticks (Dermacentor variabilis), which carry Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, but again this is a less frequently encountered species.
THE MEDICAL NEWS Editors 2010
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Virus-like particles Dermacentor reticulatus ticks
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RICKET.S, H.T. T.e Rôle of the Wood-tick (_Dermacentor occidentalis_) in Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever.
Insects and Diseases A Popular Account of the Way in Which Insects may Spread or Cause some of our Common Diseases Rennie Wilbur Doane
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