Sheep-ked
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sheeptick.
noun
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a wingless, bloodsucking, dipterous insect, Melophagus ovinus, that is parasitic on sheep.
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a wingless dipterous fly, Melophagus ovinus, that is an external parasite of sheep: family Hippoboscidae
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