Meaning

1 senses
  1. Any of the family Hippoboscidae of obligate parasites, especially the sheep ked, Melophagus ovinus.

    кровососкаkrovososka

Translations

1 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
parasite fly:

Origin

Of unknown origin. Possibly from or related to Old Danish keed (“sheep ked, louse-fly”).

Of unknown origin. Possibly from or related to Old Danish keed (“sheep ked, louse-fly”).

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Forms

plural: keds
Singularked
Pluralkeds

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
parasite of family Hippoboscidae:louse fly
sheep tick:Melophagus ovinus

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
ked — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto