mélophage
French, noun\me.lɔ.faʒ\
mélophage is spelled M-É-L-O-P-H-A-G-E (9 letters). Mélophage is a French masculine noun meaning “sheep louse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Insecte diptère de la famille des hippoboscidés, aptère, aux pattes fortes, parasite hématophage du mouton…”.
What does mélophage mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesheep louse
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Insecte diptère de la famille des hippoboscidés, aptère, aux pattes fortes, parasite hématophage du mouton dont il détériore la peau en provoquant des noisillures.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of mélophage
- mélophages plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mélophage?
- \me.lɔ.faʒ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.