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wingless fly that is an external parasite on sheep and cattle

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  1. n. wingless fly that is an external parasite on sheep and cattle
  2. n. parasitic on sheep and cattle as well as humans; can transmit louping ill in sheep (acute viral disease of the nervous system); a vector for Lyme disease spirochete