Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

deer ked

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.24 in modern English

Syllables: deer ked
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Eurasian species of louse fly in the family Hippoboscidae, Lipoptena cervi, that are parasites of elk, deer and other bovine animals, sucking blood and laying eggs in the fur of the host animals.

Inflected Forms

deer keds (plural)

Synonyms

deer fly

Questions

What does deer ked mean?: A Eurasian species of louse fly in the family Hippoboscidae, Lipoptena cervi, that are parasites of elk, deer and other bovine animals, sucking blood and laying eggs in the fur of the host animals.

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