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English noun: sheep tick

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


SynonymsMelophagus Ovinus, sheep ked, sheep-tick


Broader (hypernym)hippoboscid, louse fly


Member meronymgenus Melophagus, Melophagus

2. sheep tick (animal) 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


SynonymsIxodes ricinus, sheep-tick


Broader (hypernym)hard tick, ixodid


Member meronymgenus Ixodes, Ixodes









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