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noun
a wingless, bloodsucking, dipterous insect, Melophagus ovinus, that is parasitic on sheep.
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| sheep ked or sheep tick | |
| —n | |
| a wingless dipterous fly, Melophagus ovinus, that is an external parasite of sheep: family Hippoboscidae | |
| sheep tick or sheep tick | |
| —n | |
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| sheep tick | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a tick, Ixodes ricinus, that is parasitic on sheep, cattle, and man and transmits the disease louping ill in sheep |
| 2. | another name for sheep ked |
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