- sheep ked
- sheep ked n a wingless bloodsucking hippoboscid fly of the genus Melophagus (M. ovinus) that feeds chiefly on sheep and is a vector of sheep trypanosomiasis called also ked, sheep tick
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sheep ked
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sheep ked — [ked] n. [ked < ?] SHEEP TICK … English World dictionary
sheep ked — noun wingless fly that is an external parasite on sheep and cattle • Syn: ↑sheep tick, ↑sheep tick, ↑Melophagus Ovinus • Hypernyms: ↑louse fly, ↑hippoboscid • Member Holonyms: ↑Meloph … Useful english dictionary
sheep ked — noun Etymology: sheep + ked sheep ked, of unknown origin Date: 1925 a wingless bloodsucking dipteran fly (Melophagus ovinus) that feeds chiefly on sheep and is a vector of sheep trypanosomiasis called also sheep tick … New Collegiate Dictionary
sheep ked — sheeptick. * * * … Universalium
sheep bug — sheep bug, = sheep ked. (Cf. ↑sheep ked) … Useful english dictionary
sheep-louse — sheepˈ louse noun (pl sheepˈ lice) 1. A louse (genus Trichodectes) that infests sheep 2. Loosely, a sheep ked • • • Main Entry: ↑sheep … Useful english dictionary
ked — ˈked noun ( s) Etymology: origin unknown : sheep ked … Useful english dictionary
sheep tick — n 1) SHEEP KED 2) CASTOR BEAN TICK … Medical dictionary
sheep tick — noun 1. 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 • Syn: ↑sheep tick, ↑Ixodes ricinus • Hypernyms: ↑hard tick, ↑ixodid •… … Useful english dictionary
KED — Kendrick extrication device * * * ked ked n SHEEP KED * * * (ked) the sheep tick, Melophagus ovinus … Medical dictionary
