sheep tick

Noun
  1. Wingless fly that is an external parasite on sheep and cattle (synset 102201822)
    is a type of: hippoboscid, louse fly - bloodsucking dipterous fly parasitic on birds and mammals
    belongs to: genus melophagus, melophagus - an arthropod genus of wingless flies including the sheep ked
    same as: melophagus ovinus, sheep ked, sheep-tick
  2. Parasitic on sheep and cattle as well as humans;
    Can transmit looping ill in sheep (acute viral disease of the nervous system);
    A vector for Lyme disease spirochete (synset 101780858)
    is a type of: hard tick, ixodid - ticks having a hard shield on the back and mouth parts that project from the head
    belongs to: genus ixodes, ixodes - type genus of the family Ixodidae
    same as: ixodes ricinus, sheep-tick

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