Ixodes

Medical definition of ixodes:

A genus of ticks of the family Ixodidae, or acarids, many of the species of which are parasitic on man and animals.

Usage examples for ixodes:

• Two larval Ixodid ticks, Ixodes possibly cookei, were removed from the pinnae of the ears of a specimen of cansensis from the type locality, 4 mi. "Natural History of the Brush Mouse (Peromyscus boylii) in Kansas With Description of a New Subspecies, – Charles A. Long"

• A tick of the Ixodes ochotonae- angustus complex was obtained from one specimen. "Mammals of Northwestern South Dakota, – Kenneth W. Andersen"