Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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

Source : WordNet®

Ixodes
     n : type genus of the family Ixodidae [syn: {genus Ixodes}]