a Thessalian king bound by Zeus to a burning wheel in Tartarus for attempting to seduce Hera
ix·o·did ['ik-sə-,did, ik-'sō-dəd] -adj, n
of or relating to a family (Ixodidae) of ticks (as the deer tick and American dog tick) having a hard outer shell and feeding on usu. three hosts during the life cycle