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    SHEEP KED

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Wingless fly that is an external parasite on sheep and cattleplay

    Synonyms:

    Melophagus Ovinus; sheep-tick; sheep ked; sheep tick

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    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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