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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. wingless fly that is an external parasite on sheep and cattle;
[syn: sheep ked, sheep-tick, sheep tick, Melophagus Ovinus]

2. 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;
[syn: sheep-tick, sheep tick, Ixodes ricinus]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

sheep-tick
    n 1: wingless fly that is an external parasite on sheep and
         cattle [syn: sheep ked, sheep-tick, sheep tick,
         Melophagus Ovinus]
    2: 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 [syn: sheep-
       tick, sheep tick, Ixodes ricinus]