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sheeptick

or sheep tick

[ sheep-tik ]

noun

  1. a wingless, bloodsucking, dipterous insect, Melophagus ovinus, that is parasitic on sheep.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of sheeptick1

1375–1425; late Middle English scheptyke; sheep, tick 2

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