dermacentor

English Thesaurus

1. vectors of important diseases of man and animals (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	arthropod genus,
definition	:	a genus of arthropods (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	american dog tick, dermacentor variabilis, wood tick,
definition	:	common tick that can transmit Rocky Mountain spotted fever and tularemia (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	family ixodidae, ixodidae,
definition	:	hard ticks (noun.animal)