Found 1 items, similar to sheep-tick.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: sheep-tick
sheep-tick
n 1: wingless fly that is an external parasite on sheep and
cattle [syn:
sheep ked,
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,
Ixodes ricinus]