noun
1. 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
• Syn: ↑sheep tick, ↑Ixodes ricinus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Ixodes, ↑genus Ixodes
2. wingless fly that is an external parasite on sheep and cattle
• Syn: ↑sheep ked, ↑sheep tick, ↑Melophagus Ovinus
• Hypernyms: ↑louse fly, ↑hippoboscid
• Member Holonyms: ↑Melophagus, ↑genus Melophagus
Useful english dictionary. 2012.