sheep tick
Britishnoun
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a tick, Ixodes ricinus, that is parasitic on sheep, cattle, and man and transmits the disease louping ill in sheep
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another name for sheep ked
Example Sentences
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They are about the size of a sheep tick when empty, but they get on you and suck and suck, till they are full of your blood and size of a grape.
From The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story by O'Brien, Edward J. (Edward Joseph Harrington)
Really they aren't fleas at all, but a form of sheep tick.
From The Stars and Stripes The American Soldiers' Newspaper of World War I, 1918-1919 by United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces
It includes the sheep tick, horse tick, and other parasites.
From The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section P and Q by Project Gutenberg
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