sheep ked

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sheep ked (k

See sheep tick.

[Origin unknown.]

sheep ked, tick

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a wingless dipterous fly, Melophagus ovinus, that is an external parasite of sheep: family Hippoboscidae

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sheep ked - wingless fly that is an external parasite on sheep and cattle

Melophagus Ovinus, sheep tick, sheep-tick

hippoboscid, louse fly - bloodsucking dipterous fly parasitic on birds and mammals

genus Melophagus, Melophagus - an arthropod genus of wingless flies including the sheep ked

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