melophagus

English Thesaurus

1. an arthropod genus of wingless flies including the sheep ked (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	arthropod genus,
definition	:	a genus of arthropods (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	melophagus ovinus, sheep ked, sheep tick, sheep-tick,
definition	:	wingless fly that is an external parasite on sheep and cattle (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	family hippoboscidae, hippoboscidae,
definition	:	winged or wingless dipterans: louse flies (noun.animal)