heuslau

== Welsh == === Alternative forms === hislau === Etymology === Compound of a term related to heusor (“shepherd, (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis (“sheep”))”) and llau (“lice”).(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈheɨ̯slaɨ̯/ (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈhei̯slai̯/ === Noun === heuslau (plural, singular heusleuen f, not mutable) sheep ticks, castor bean ticks, keds (Ixodes ricinus) ==== Hypernyms ==== torogod, trogod (“ticks in general”) === Mutation === === Further reading === Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “tick”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎[1], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “heuslau”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “heuslau”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies