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MELOPHAGUS OVINUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Melophagus Ovinus mean?
• MELOPHAGUS OVINUS (noun)
The noun MELOPHAGUS OVINUS has 1 sense:
1. wingless fly that is an external parasite on sheep and cattle
Familiarity information: MELOPHAGUS OVINUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Wingless fly that is an external parasite on sheep and cattle
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Melophagus Ovinus; sheep-tick; sheep ked; sheep tick
Hypernyms ("Melophagus Ovinus" is a kind of...):
hippoboscid; louse fly (bloodsucking dipterous fly parasitic on birds and mammals)
Holonyms ("Melophagus Ovinus" is a member of...):
genus Melophagus; Melophagus (an arthropod genus of wingless flies including the sheep ked)
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