nnoun.animalwingless fly that is an external parasite on sheep and cattleSynset:Melophagus Ovinus sheep-tick sheep ked
Member Holonyms:Melophagus genus Melophagus
Hypernyms:hippoboscid louse fly
Inherited Hypernyms:sheep kedlouse flydipterous insectinsectarthropodinvertebrateanimalorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
nnoun.animalparasitic 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 spirocheteSynset:Ixodes ricinus sheep-tick
Member Holonyms:Ixodes genus Ixodes
Hypernyms:hard tick ixodid
Inherited Hypernyms:sheep-tickhard ticktickacarinearachnidarthropodinvertebrateanimalorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity