sheeptick

American

[sheep-tik] / ˈʃipˌtɪk /

Or sheep tick

noun

a wingless, bloodsucking, dipterous insect, Melophagus ovinus, that is parasitic on sheep.

Etymology

Origin of sheeptick

1375–1425; late Middle English scheptyke; sheep, tick ²

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From the profoundest deep of his teeming invention he succeeded in evolving only such utterly unsatisfying results as "rhinoceros," "polypus," and "sheeptick" in the animal kingdom, and "rhubarb," "snakeroot," and "smartweed" in the vegetable.

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