SHEEP KED


Meaning of SHEEP KED in English

[sheep ked] n [sheep + ked sheep ked, of unknown origin] (1925): a wingless bloodsucking dipteran fly (Melophagus ovinus) that feeds chiefly on sheep and is a vector of sheep trypanosomiasis--called also sheep tick

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