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Answer for the clue "Type genus of the family Ixodidae ", 6 letters:
ixodes

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Ixodes \Ix*o"des\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? like birdlime; ? birdlime + e'i^dos form.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of parasitic Acarina, which includes various species of ticks. See Tick , the insect.

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Ixodes is a genus of hard-bodied ticks (family Ixodidae ). It includes important disease vectors of animals and humans ( tick-borne disease ), and some species (notably Ixodes holocyclus ) inject toxins that can cause paralysis. Some ticks in this genus ...