sheep-tick Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun wingless fly that is an external parasite on sheep and cattle
    sheep ked; sheep tick; Melophagus Ovinus.
  2. noun 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
    Ixodes ricinus; sheep tick.

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