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Sheep-tick
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1. melophagus ovinus, sheep ked, sheep tick, sheep-tick
wingless fly that is an external parasite on sheep and cattle
2. ixodes ricinus, sheep tick, sheep-tick
parasitic on sheep and cattle as well as humans; can transmit looping ill in sheep (acute viral disease of the nervous system); a vector for Lyme disease spirochete
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
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