sheep tick

Questions about sheep tick

What does sheep tick mean?

sheep tick means "wingless fly that is an external parasite on sheep and cattle". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for sheep tick?

Close synonyms include sheep ked, sheep-tick, Melophagus Ovinus, sheep-tick, Ixodes ricinus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sheep tick a common word?

sheep tick is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.