MELOPHAGUS OVINUS

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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 ("Melophagus Ovinus" is a kind of...):

hippoboscid; louse fly (bloodsucking dipterous fly parasitic on birds and mammals)

Holonyms ("Melophagus Ovinus" is a member of...):

genus Melophagus; Melophagus (an arthropod genus of wingless flies including the sheep ked)

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