1. (noun) wingless fly that is an external parasite on sheep and cattle

• melophagus ovinus
• sheep ked
• sheep-tick

2. (noun) 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

• ixodes ricinus
• sheep-tick

1. (noun) wingless fly that is an external parasite on sheep and cattle

• genus melophagus
• melophagus

2. (noun) 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

• genus ixodes
• ixodes

1. (noun) wingless fly that is an external parasite on sheep and cattle

• hippoboscid
• louse fly

2. (noun) 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

• hard tick
• ixodid