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sheeptick

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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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