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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 spirocheteplay

    Synonyms:

    Ixodes ricinus; sheep-tick; sheep tick

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    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 cattleplay

    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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