sheep tick
1. 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 • Syn: sheep-tick, Ixodes ricinus • Hypernyms: hard tick, ixodid • Member Holonyms: Ixodes, genus Ixodes 2. wingless fly that is an external parasite on sheep and cattle • Syn: sheep ked, sheep-tick, Melophagus Ovinus • Hypernyms: louse fly, hippoboscid • Member Holonyms: Melophagus, genus Melophagus
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