sheep-tick

WORDNET DICTIONARY

sheep-tick(n = noun.animal) melophagus ovinus, sheep ked, sheep tick - wingless fly that is an external parasite on sheep and cattle;

is a kind of hippoboscid, louse fly

is a member of genus melophagus, melophagus

sheep-tick(n = noun.animal) ixodes ricinus, sheep tick - 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;

is a kind of hard tick, ixodid

is a member of genus ixodes, ixodes