A louse, Trichodectes sphærocephalus, which infests the wool of sheep. Also = sheep-tick, n.
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释义 | the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Diptera or flies > [noun] > suborder Cyclorrhapha > group Pupipara or Nymphipara > family Hippoboscidae > melophagus ovinus (sheep-tick) (5) sheep-louse14.. A louse, Trichodectes sphærocephalus, which infests the wool of sheep. Also = sheep-tick, n. sheep-tickc1425 A horny, bristly, wingless fly, Melophagus ovinus, which infests sheep, embedding its head in the skin and extracting the blood. Also = sheep-louse… ked1570 A sheep-tick or sheep-louse (Melophagus ovinus). sheep-fly1658 (a) = sheep-tick, n.; (b) a fly, Lucilia sericata, infesting live sheep. fag1788 Any of various parasitic insects which infect sheep, esp. the sheep tick, Melophagus ovinus; = sheep-fag n. at sheep, n. compounds 2. Now rare. |
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