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Sheep-tick   /ʃip-tɪk/   Listen
Sheep-tick

noun
1.
Wingless fly that is an external parasite on sheep and cattle.  Synonyms: Melophagus Ovinus, sheep ked, sheep tick.
2.
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.





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Words linked to "Sheep-tick" :   sheep tick, sheep ked, hard tick, Melophagus, ixodid, Ixodes, Melophagus Ovinus, genus Ixodes, Ixodes ricinus, hippoboscid, genus Melophagus, louse fly


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