a wingless dipterous fly, Melophagus ovinus, that is an external parasite of sheep: family Hippoboscidae
ked in American English
(ked)
noun
sheeptick
Word origin
[1560–70; earlier cade, of uncert. orig.]This word is first recorded in the period 1560–70. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: acute, ellipsis, event, sympathy, vertex