noun
wingless fly that is an external parasite on sheep and cattle
• Syn: ↑sheep-tick, ↑sheep tick, ↑Melophagus Ovinus
• Hypernyms: ↑louse fly, ↑hippoboscid
• Member Holonyms: ↑Melophagus, ↑genus Melophagus
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noun : a wingless bloodsucking hippoboscid fly (Melophagus ovinus) that feeds chiefly on sheep and is a vector of sheep trypanosomiasis — called also sheep tick
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sheeptick.
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sheep ked noun
A wingless fly (Melophagus ovinus) that sucks sheeps' blood
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Main Entry: ↑sheep
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sheep ked,
a small bloodsucking fly that is a harmful parasite on sheep; sheep tick.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.