sheep-tick
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
wingless fly that is an external parasite on sheep and cattle
Types & categories
- louse fly hypernym
Parts & wholes
- Melophagus member holonym
Sense 2 noun
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
Types & categories
- hard tick hypernym
Parts & wholes
- Ixodes member holonym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | Melophagus |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | louse fly |
| 2 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | Ixodes |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | hard tick |