/sheep"tik'/ , n.
a wingless, bloodsucking, dipterous insect, Melophagus ovinus, that is parasitic on sheep.
Also, sheep tick . Also called ked, sheep ked .
[ 1375-1425; late ME scheptyke; see SHEEP, TICK 2 ]
/sheep"tik'/ , n.
a wingless, bloodsucking, dipterous insect, Melophagus ovinus, that is parasitic on sheep.
Also, sheep tick . Also called ked, sheep ked .
[ 1375-1425; late ME scheptyke; see SHEEP, TICK 2 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012