sheep tick

/ʃip tɪk/

Other forms: sheep ticks

Definitions of sheep tick

1. noun

   wingless fly that is an external parasite on sheep and cattle
   synonyms: Melophagus Ovinus, sheep ked, sheep-tick

   type of:

   hippoboscid, louse fly

   bloodsucking dipterous fly parasitic on birds and mammals
2. noun

   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
   synonyms: Ixodes ricinus, sheep-tick

   type of:

   hard tick, ixodid

   ticks having a hard shield on the back and mouth parts that project from the head