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 sheep-tick
      n 1: wingless fly that is an external parasite on sheep and
           cattle [syn: sheep ked, sheep tick, Melophagus
           Ovinus]
      2: 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
         [syn: sheep tick, Ixodes ricinus]