Term: dusky-footed woodrat: host to Lyme disease tick (Ixodes pacificus) in northern California
Broader: organism: a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently | Unrelated: positivist: someone who emphasizes observable facts and excludes metaphysical speculation about origins or ultimate causes
Broader: organism: a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently | Unrelated: pagoda: an Asian temple; usually a pyramidal tower with an upward curving roof
Broader: organism: a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently | Unrelated: fried egg: eggs cooked by sauteing in oil or butter; sometimes turned and cooked on both sides
Broader: organism: a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently | Unrelated: micrometry: measuring with a micrometer
Broader: organism: a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently | Unrelated: juvenile: a young person, not fully developed
Broader: organism: a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently | Unrelated: sea hare: naked marine gastropod having a soft body with reduced internal shell and two pairs of ear-like tentacles
Broader: organism: a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently | Unrelated: rankine scale: a scale of absolute temperature in Fahrenheit degrees; the freezing point of water is 491.69 degrees and the boiling point of water is 671.69 degrees
Broader: organism: a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently | Unrelated: echoencephalogram: a graphical image of the brain produced by an echoencephalograph
Broader: organism: a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently | Unrelated: floodgate: something that restrains a flood or outpouring
Broader: organism: a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently | Unrelated: shower curtain: a curtain that keeps water from splashing out of the shower area