Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun sheep_tick

2 senses of sheep tick

Sense 1
sheep ked, sheep-tick, sheep tick, Melophagus Ovinus -- (wingless fly that is an external parasite on sheep and cattle)
       => louse fly, hippoboscid -- (bloodsucking dipterous fly parasitic on birds and mammals)

Sense 2
sheep-tick, sheep tick, Ixodes ricinus -- (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)
       => hard tick, ixodid -- (ticks having a hard shield on the back and mouth parts that project from the head)