sheep-ticksheep's tickn.

Etymology: See tick n.¹ and compare West Frisian skieppetyk, German schafzeecke, schafstieke.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsheep-tick.

A horny, bristly, wingless fly, Melophagus ovinus, which infests sheep, embedding its head in the skin and extracting the blood. Also = sheep-louse n.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Diptera or flies > [noun] > suborder Cyclorrhapha > group Pupipara or Nymphipara > family Hippoboscidae > melophagus ovinus (sheep-tick)

sheep-louse14..

sheep-tickc1425

ked1570

sheep-fly1658

fag1788

c1425 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 642/37 Hec amittena, schep~tyke.

1598 Mucedorus sig. C3 Ama. The shepheards force would haue saued thousand, more. Clo. Aye, shipstickes, nothing else.

1668 W. Charleton Onomasticon Zoicon 49 Reduvius, the Sheeps Teek.

1837 W. Youatt Sheep 544 The sheep-tick..propagates with much rapidity, although not to be compared with the sheep-louse.

1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm III. 1109 Sheep are affected by a troublesome insect, the keb or ked, or sheep-tick.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	sheep-tick
释义	sheep-ticksheep's tickn. Etymology: See tick n.¹ and compare West Frisian skieppetyk, German schafzeecke, schafstieke.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsheep-tick. A horny, bristly, wingless fly, Melophagus ovinus, which infests sheep, embedding its head in the skin and extracting the blood. Also = sheep-louse n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Diptera or flies > [noun] > suborder Cyclorrhapha > group Pupipara or Nymphipara > family Hippoboscidae > melophagus ovinus (sheep-tick) sheep-louse14.. sheep-tickc1425 ked1570 sheep-fly1658 fag1788 c1425 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 642/37 Hec amittena, schep~tyke. 1598 Mucedorus sig. C3 Ama. The shepheards force would haue saued thousand, more. Clo. Aye, shipstickes, nothing else. 1668 W. Charleton Onomasticon Zoicon 49 Reduvius, the Sheeps Teek. 1837 W. Youatt Sheep 544 The sheep-tick..propagates with much rapidity, although not to be compared with the sheep-louse. 1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm III. 1109 Sheep are affected by a troublesome insect, the keb or ked, or sheep-tick. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.c1425
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