ixodes
-a genus of parasitic acarina, which includes various species of ticks. see tick, the insect.

ixodian
-a tick of the genus ixodes, or the family ixodidae.

ixtle
-alt. of ixtli

ixtli
-a mexican name for a variety of agave rigida, which furnishes a strong coarse fiber; also, the fiber itself, which is called also pita, and tampico fiber.