sheep-tick, n.
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
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Ixodes ricinus sheep tick sheep-tick
wingless fly that is an external parasite on sheep and cattle
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Melophagus Ovinus sheep ked sheep tick sheep-tick