“sheep's tick”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

sheep's tick

释义

ˈsheep-tick, † sheep's tick
[See tick n.¹ and cf. WFris. skieppetyk, G. schafzeecke, schafstieke.]
A horny, bristly, wingless fly, Melophagus ovinus, which infests sheep, embedding its head in the skin and extracting the blood. Also = sheep-louse.
c1425Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 642/37 Hec amittena, schep⁓tyke.1598Mucedorus ii. iv. 68 Ama. The shepheards force would haue saued thousands more. Clo. Aye, shipstickes, nothing else.1668Charleton Onomast. 49 Reduvius, the Sheeps Teek.1837Youatt Sheep 544 The sheep-tick..propagates with much rapidity, although not to be compared with the sheep-louse.1844H. Stephens Bk. Farm III. 1109 Sheep are affected by a troublesome insect, the keb or ked, or sheep-tick.

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