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}]