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sheep⋅tick

  [sheep-tik]
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–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 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.
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Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Main Entry: sheep tick
Function: noun
1 : SHEEP KED
2 : CASTOR-BEAN TICK
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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