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Melophagus

noun

an arthropod genus of wingless flies including the sheep ked

• Syn: ↑genus Melophagus

• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Hippoboscidae, ↑family Hippoboscidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑sheep ked, ↑sheep-tick, ↑sheep tick, ↑Melophagus Ovinus

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\\mə̇ˈläfəgəs\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek mēlon sheep + New Latin -phagus — more at small

: a genus of wingless hippoboscid flies that includes the sheep ked

Useful english dictionary. 2012.