genus Melophagus

genus Melophagus
noun
an arthropod genus of wingless flies including the sheep ked
Syn: ↑Melophagus
Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus
Member Holonyms: ↑Hippoboscidae, ↑family Hippoboscidae
Member Meronyms: ↑sheep ked, ↑sheep-tick, ↑sheep tick, ↑Melophagus Ovinus

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  • Melophagus — noun an arthropod genus of wingless flies including the sheep ked • Syn: ↑genus Melophagus • Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Hippoboscidae, ↑family Hippoboscidae • Member Mero …   Useful english dictionary

  • Melophagus Ovinus — noun wingless fly that is an external parasite on sheep and cattle • Syn: ↑sheep ked, ↑sheep tick, ↑sheep tick • Hypernyms: ↑louse fly, ↑hippoboscid • Member Holonyms: ↑Melophagus, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • Melophagus ovinus — Sheep Sheep, n. sing. & pl. [OE. shep, scheep, AS. sc?p, sce[ a]p; akin to OFries. sk?p, LG. & D. schaap, G. schaf, OHG. sc[=a]f, Skr. ch[=a]ga. [root]295. Cf. {Sheepherd}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of several species of ruminants of the genus… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Melophagus — Me·loph·a·gus mə läf ə gəs n a genus of wingless hippoboscid flies that includes the sheep ked (M. ovinus) * * * Me·loph·a·gus (mə lofґə gəs) a genus of wingless flies of the family Hippoboscidae. M. oviґnus, the sheep ked, is a… …   Medical dictionary

  • arthropod genus — noun a genus of arthropods • Hypernyms: ↑genus • Hyponyms: ↑Phalangium, ↑genus Phalangium, ↑Chelifer, ↑genus Chelifer, ↑Mastigoproctus, ↑genus Mastigoproctus, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

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  • sheep ked — noun wingless fly that is an external parasite on sheep and cattle • Syn: ↑sheep tick, ↑sheep tick, ↑Melophagus Ovinus • Hypernyms: ↑louse fly, ↑hippoboscid • Member Holonyms: ↑Meloph …   Useful english dictionary

  • sheep tick — noun 1. 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 • Hypernyms: ↑hard tick, ↑ixodid •… …   Useful english dictionary

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