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MELOPHAGUS

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Meaning:

An arthropod genus of wingless flies including the sheep ked

Synonyms:

genus Melophagus; Melophagus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Melophagus" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Melophagus"):

Melophagus Ovinus; sheep-tick; sheep ked; sheep tick (wingless fly that is an external parasite on sheep and cattle)

Holonyms ("Melophagus" is a member of...):

family Hippoboscidae; Hippoboscidae (winged or wingless dipterans: louse flies)

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