deer tick
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6.0
- noun
- /dɪr tɪk/
- Specialized
- To protect yourself from Lyme disease, be wary of deer ticks when walking in wooded areas.
- deer tick virus
- deer tick virus encephalitis
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Watch on YouTubeBut it turned out she got bit by a tick and a tick, a deer tick that had Lyme disease.
- But it turned out she got bit by a tick and a tick, a deer tick that had Lyme disease.
- The first to discover the deer ticks carry Lyme disease.
Examples
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Two months ago, I was bitten by a second deer tick, so I have been doing the cleanse as a precaution.
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Deer ticks can produce up to 3,000 eggs before dying.
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The first to discover the deer ticks carry Lyme disease.
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The blacklegged deer tick is endemic to this region.
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The deer tick, Ixodes scapularis, carries Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacteria that cause Lyme disease.
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She checked her clothes thoroughly for deer ticks after hiking in the tall grass.
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The doctor explained that deer ticks can transmit Lyme disease if they attach to the skin for too long.
Synonyms
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6.7
A small animal that sticks to the skin and sucks blood from animals or people
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6.1
A small tick found in eastern North America that bites people and can give them Lyme disease
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9.8
A small black tick that bites animals and people and can spread Lyme disease
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound 'deer tick' is transparently built from 'deer' (a hoofed mammal) + 'tick' (a small blood-feeding arachnid), so its basic meaning — a tick associated with or found on deer — can be directly inferred. This is a regular noun–noun compound found cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will understand the general referent even if they do not know specific epidemiological details.
Etymology
Deer tick is named for the small animal, a tick, that often lives on deer and feeds on their blood. That is why the name refers to the tick that can bite people and is a 'carrier of Lyme disease'.