'Ixodes' definitions:
Definition of 'Ixodes'
(from WordNet)
noun
Type genus of the family Ixodidae [syn: Ixodes, genus Ixodes]
Definition of 'Ixodes'
From: GCIDE
- Ixodes \Ix*o"des\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? like birdlime; ? birdlime + e'i^dos form.] (Zool.) A genus of parasitic Acarina, which includes various species of ticks. See Tick, the insect. [1913 Webster]