The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Ixodes n 1: type genus of the family Ixodidae [syn: Ixodes, genus Ixodes]