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SHEEP-TICK
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Synonyms:
Ixodes ricinus; sheep-tick; sheep tick
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("sheep-tick" is a kind of...):
hard tick; ixodid (ticks having a hard shield on the back and mouth parts that project from the head)
Holonyms ("sheep-tick" is a member of...):
genus Ixodes; Ixodes (type genus of the family Ixodidae)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Wingless fly that is an external parasite on sheep and cattle
Synonyms:
Melophagus Ovinus; sheep-tick; sheep ked; sheep tick
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("sheep-tick" is a kind of...):
hippoboscid; louse fly (bloodsucking dipterous fly parasitic on birds and mammals)
Holonyms ("sheep-tick" is a member of...):
genus Melophagus; Melophagus (an arthropod genus of wingless flies including the sheep ked)
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