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SHEEP KED

Dictionary entry overview: What does sheep ked mean?

• SHEEP KED (noun)
The noun SHEEP KED has 1 sense:

1. wingless fly that is an external parasite on sheep and cattle

Familiarity information: SHEEP KED used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• SHEEP KED (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Wingless fly that is an external parasite on sheep and cattle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Melophagus Ovinus; sheep ked; sheep tick; sheep-tick

Hypernyms ("sheep ked" is a kind of...):

hippoboscid; louse fly (bloodsucking dipterous fly parasitic on birds and mammals)

Holonyms ("sheep ked" is a member of...):

genus Melophagus; Melophagus (an arthropod genus of wingless flies including the sheep ked)

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