Ked
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Ked is a noun meaning Any of the family Hippoboscidae of obligate parasites, especially the sheep ked, Melophagus ovinus.
Meaning
Any of the family Hippoboscidae of obligate parasites, especially the sheep ked, Melophagus ovinus.
Example Sentences
Pouring with tobacco liquor is fatal to these insects, and also to the ked, Hippobosca ovina, and to the tick, Acarus reduvius, if it fairly reach them.
They watch the sheep for signs of insects or pests, such as sheep keds and sheep lice, that can irritate the sheep causing them to scratch their fleece against fences or troughs and damage or tear the wool.
The common differential diagnoses include cutaneous myiasis, sheep scab and lice; however, keds are readily visible to the naked eye.[…]Adult keds are 4-6 mm long, dark red and readily visible on the neck and forelimbs.
Word Forms
- keds
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include kade, pinworm, bovid, myopsocid, parasitid, hippomorph.
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