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Sheep Tick

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Noun

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.

Sheep Tick

see synonyms of sheep tick
noun
1. 
a tick, Ixodes ricinus, that is parasitic on sheep, cattle, and humans and transmits the disease louping ill in sheep
2.  another name for sheep ked

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Sheep Tick

see synonyms of sheep tick
a wingless, flattened, leathery dipterous fly (Melophagus ovinus) that is an external parasite on sheep

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Sheep Tick

see synonyms of sheep tick
n.
1. See sheep ked.
2. A tick (Ixodes ricinus) that infests sheep and other vertebrates, including humans.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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