- Melophagus Ovinus
- nounwingless fly that is an external parasite on sheep and cattle• Syn: ↑sheep ked, ↑sheep-tick, ↑sheep tick• Hypernyms: ↑louse fly, ↑hippoboscid• Member Holonyms: ↑Melophagus, ↑genus Melophagus
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Melophagus Ovinus
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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 — Melophagus … Wikipédia en Français
Melophagus — Melophagus … Wikipédia en Français
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
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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
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: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
