- sheep tick
- noun1. 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• Syn: ↑sheep-tick, ↑Ixodes ricinus• Member Holonyms: ↑Ixodes, ↑genus Ixodes2. wingless fly that is an external parasite on sheep and cattle• Syn: ↑sheep ked, ↑sheep-tick, ↑Melophagus Ovinus• Hypernyms: ↑louse fly, ↑hippoboscid• Member Holonyms: ↑Melophagus, ↑genus Melophagus
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nounEtymology: Middle English scheptyke, from schep, sheep sheep + tyke tick1. : sheep ked2. : castor-bean tick* * *
sheep tick noun1. Strictly, a tick (Ixodes ricinus), a parasite of sheep (and other animals, incl humans)2. Commonly, a sheep ked• • •Main Entry: ↑sheep* * *
sheep tick,= sheep ked: (Cf. ↑sheep ked) »Sheep ticks are properly not ticks at all, but wingless flies (Science News Letter).
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n. a large tick that infests many mammals, including humans, and frequently transmits diseases. ● Ixodes ricinus, family Ixodidae
Useful english dictionary. 2012.