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单词 sheeptick
释义

sheeptick

or sheep tick

[ sheep-tik ]
/ ˈʃipˌtɪk /

noun

a wingless, bloodsucking, dipterous insect, Melophagus ovinus, that is parasitic on sheep.
Also called ked, sheep ked.

Origin of sheeptick

1375–1425; late Middle English scheptyke;see sheep, tick2

Words nearby sheeptick

sheepshearing, sheepskin, sheep sorrel, sheep station, sheepswool sponge, sheeptick, sheepwalk, sheer, sheerlegs, Sheerness, sheer plan
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British Dictionary definitions for sheeptick

sheep tick

noun

a tick, Ixodes ricinus, that is parasitic on sheep, cattle, and man and transmits the disease louping ill in sheep
another name for sheep ked
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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