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 | ||