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sheep tick

DEFINITIONS OF: sheep tick

1

n wingless fly that is an external parasite on sheep and cattle

Synonyms:
Melophagus Ovinus, sheep ked, sheep-tick
Type of:
hippoboscid, louse fly
bloodsucking dipterous fly parasitic on birds and mammals

n parasitic on sheep and cattle as well as humans; can transmit looping ill in sheep (acute viral disease of the nervous system); a vector for Lyme disease spirochete

Synonyms:
Ixodes ricinus, sheep-tick
Type of:
hard tick, ixodid
ticks having a hard shield on the back and mouth parts that project from the head
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