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SHEEP KED
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Wingless fly that is an external parasite on sheep and cattle
Synonyms:
Melophagus Ovinus; sheep-tick; sheep ked; sheep tick
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("sheep ked" is a kind of...):
hippoboscid; louse fly (bloodsucking dipterous fly parasitic on birds and mammals)
Holonyms ("sheep ked" is a member of...):
genus Melophagus; Melophagus (an arthropod genus of wingless flies including the sheep ked)
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