ixodes ricinus ixodes persulcatus • ixodes scapularis · · · Info · Definitions · Synonyms · Characters · · ixodes ricinus · · Text Common · · Latin · · Scripts 14 · · Length 6 · · Syllables Definitions · · · (noun) parasitic on sheep and cattle as well as humans; can transmit looping ill in sheep (acute viral disease of the nervous system); a vector for Lyme disease spirochete. Synonyms: sheep-tick, sheep tick, Ixodes ricinus. · · Noun Definition 1 Synonyms · · · sheep-tick · · Synonym 1 sheep tick · · Synonym 2 Characters · · space U+0020 c latin small letter c U+0063 d latin small letter d U+0064 e latin small letter e U+0065 i latin small letter i U+0069 n latin small letter n U+006E o latin small letter o U+006F r latin small letter r U+0072 s latin small letter s U+0073 u latin small letter u U+0075 x latin small letter x U+0078