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English noun: sheep-tick | |||
| 1. | sheep-tick (animal) wingless fly that is an external parasite on sheep and cattle | ||
| Synonyms | Melophagus Ovinus, sheep ked, sheep tick | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | hippoboscid, louse fly | ||
| Member meronym | genus 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 | ||
| Synonyms | Ixodes ricinus, sheep tick | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | hard tick, ixodid | ||
| Member meronym | genus Ixodes, Ixodes | ||
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