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Definition of ked in English: kednoun kɛd A wingless louse fly, especially one that is a parasite of sheep. 羊蜱蝇 Several species in the family Hippoboscidae, in particular the sheep ked (Melophagus ovinus) Example sentencesExamples - If you see any sheep keds at shearing time this year, plan to treat the animals, preferably before lambing.
- Treatment for sheep ked is easily applied and is often the most effective following spring shearing.
- It is the only deer ked currently found on white-tailed deer in the southeastern United States.
- The areas of the sheep that sheep ked are most commonly found on are the neck, shoulders and stomach.
- At Lethbridge, female sheep keds have been found to excrete xanthine and hypoxanthine as well as uric acid.
OriginLate 16th century: of unknown origin. Rhymesabed, ahead, bed, behead, Birkenhead, bled, bread, bred, coed, cred, crossbred, dead, dread, Ed, embed, Enzed, fed, fled, Fred, gainsaid, head, infrared, lead, led, Med, misled, misread, Ned, outspread, premed, pure-bred, read, red, redd, said, samoyed, shed, shred, sked, sled, sped, Spithead, spread, stead, ted, thread, tread, underbred, underfed, wed |