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sheep⋅tick

  [sheep-tik]
–noun
a wingless, bloodsucking, dipterous insect, Melophagus ovinus, that is parasitic on sheep.
Also, sheep tick.
Also called ked, sheep ked.

Origin:
1375–1425; late ME scheptyke; see sheep, tick 2
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sheep ked   (kěd)   
n.  See sheep tick.

[Origin unknown.]
sheep tick  
n.  A wingless louselike fly (Melophagus ovinus) that is parasitic to sheep, causing skin irritations that result in loss of wool. Also called sheep ked.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: sheep ked
Function: noun
: a wingless bloodsucking hippoboscid fly of the genus Melophagus (M. ovinus) that feeds chiefly on sheep and is avector of sheep trypanosomiasis called also ked, sheep tick
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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