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noun
Any of the family Hippoboscidae of obligate parasites, especially the sheep ked, Melophagus ovinus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Initialism of Kendrick Extrication Device.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: emergency-medicine, medicine, sciences
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noun
singular of Keds
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, singular
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History
Of unknown origin. Possibly from or related to Old Danish keed (“sheep ked, louse-fly”).
Back-formation from Keds.
Across languages
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
