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Ked vs Zed - What's the difference?

ked | zed |

As nouns the difference between ked and zed

is that ked is any of the family Hippoboscidae of obligate parasites, especially the sheep ked, Melophagus ovinus while zed is something Z-shaped. Found in compounds such as zed-bar.

As an initialism KED

is kendrick Extrication Device.

As a verb zed is

to sleep or nap. (Compare zzz, catch some z's..

ked

English

(Melophagus ovinus) (Hippoboscidae)

Alternative forms

* kade (specifically Melophagus ovinus)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any of the family Hippoboscidae of obligate parasites, especially the (sheep ked), Melophagus ovinus .
  • * 1839 , Rev. Dr Singer, Flies and other insects hurtful to live stock, &c.'', ''Transactions of the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland , page 132,
    • 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.
  • * 2006 , Philip R. Scott, Sheep Medicine , page 263,
    • 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.
  • * 2007 , Carrie Gleason, The Biography of Wool , page 12,
    • 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.

    Synonyms

    * (parasite of family Hippoboscidae) (louse fly) * (Melophagus ovinus) (sheep tick)

    Derived terms

    * deer ked * ked itch * sheep ked

    Anagrams

    * ----

    zed

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something Z-shaped. Found in compounds such as zed-bar.
  • (colloquial) (usually plural ) Sleep (as in "get some zeds").

    • See also

    *

    Synonyms

    * zee (especially in the US) * izzard

    See also

    * zeta

    Verb

  • (informal) To sleep or nap. (Compare zzz, catch some z's.)
  • * 1991 , Jim Cartwright, Bed
    • Zedding hogs. Sleep sippers and spitters. Look at 'em cooking in their own snoring heat. One nose after another.
  • * 1992 , David Robins, Tarnished vision: crime and conflict in the inner city
    • I guess I must have zedded , for I find a police officer, the same one that nicked me, shaking me.
  • * 2007 , Polly Williams, The Yummy Mummy
    • "Zedding away." "God, I was having the most awful dream. That you'd got lost by the sea and I couldn't find you and something was chasing me, me and Evie."
  • (rare) To zigzag; to move with sharp alternating turns.
  • * 1931 , Reginald Rankin, The Collected Works of Lt. Colonel Sir Reginald Rankin
    • We were zedding hell-bells up the hill towards Cervione, with a bank of road metal and a precipice on our left...
  • * 1994 , Tibor Fischer, The thought gang
    • Licking his lips, his hand zedded on my thigh and he commented, penetratingly, that it wasn't pussy, but that driving the unmade road wasn't at all bad.