SHEEP KED


Meaning of SHEEP KED in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈshēp-ˌked ]

noun

Etymology: sheep + ked sheep ked, of unknown origin

Date: 1925

: a wingless bloodsucking dipteran fly ( Melophagus ovinus ) that feeds chiefly on sheep and is a vector of sheep trypanosomiasis — called also sheep tick

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.