sheep tick

sheep tick

n.1. See sheep ked.2. A tick (Ixodes ricinus) that infests sheep and other vertebrates, including humans.

sheep tick

n 1. (Animals) a tick, Ixodes ricinus, that is parasitic on sheep, cattle, and man and transmits the disease louping ill in sheep 2. (Animals) another name for sheep ked

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Noun	1.	sheep tick - wingless fly that is an external parasite on sheep and cattleMelophagus Ovinus, sheep ked, sheep-tickhippoboscid, louse fly - bloodsucking dipterous fly parasitic on birds and mammalsgenus Melophagus, Melophagus - an arthropod genus of wingless flies including the sheep ked
	2.	sheep tick - 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 spirocheteIxodes ricinus, sheep-tickhard tick, ixodid - ticks having a hard shield on the back and mouth parts that project from the headgenus Ixodes, Ixodes - type genus of the family Ixodidae