sheeptick
[
sheep
-tik]
/ˈʃipˌtɪk/
noun
1.
a wingless, bloodsucking, dipterous insect,
Melophagus ovinus,
that is parasitic on sheep.
Also,
sheep tick
.
Also called
ked
,
sheep ked
.
Origin
1375-1425;
late Middle English
scheptyke;
see
sheep
,
tick
2
British Dictionary definitions for
sheep tick
sheep ked
noun
1.
a wingless dipterous fly,
Melophagus ovinus,
that is an external parasite of sheep: family
Hippoboscidae
sheep tick
noun
1.
a tick,
Ixodes ricinus,
that is parasitic on sheep, cattle, and man and transmits the disease louping ill in sheep
2.
another name for
sheep ked