Melophagus

Melophagus: noun

an arthropod genus of wingless flies including the sheep ked

• Syn: ↑genus Melophagus

• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Hippoboscidae, ↑family Hippoboscidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑sheep ked, ↑sheep-tick, ↑sheep tick, ↑Melophagus Ovinus

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\\mə̇ˈläfəgəs\ noun
Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek mēlon sheep + New Latin -phagus — more at small

: a genus of wingless hippoboscid flies that includes the sheep ked

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Melophăgus — Melophăgus, Art der Lausfliegen, s.d., A) b) … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
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Melophagus ovinus — Pou du mouton … Wikipédia en Français
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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

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