Ket

Japanese: Ket
Ket

…Some of these languages ​​form small families (see below (4)(5)), while the others are isolated languages ​​((1)(2)(3)) with unclear genealogical relationships, and do not form a single genealogical unit as a whole. (1) Ket (also called Yenisei-Ostyak, but distinct from the Finno-Ugric Ostyak), (2) Gilyak (or Nivkh), (3) Yukaghir, (4) Chukchi-Kamchatkan, (5) Eskimo-Aleut (most of the language range is in the New World, but some are distributed in Northeast Asia). …

From [Lice Flies]

...Those with wings fly close to the surface of the host's body and persistently follow it. Some groups have degenerated wings (such as the sheep ked fly Melophagus ovinus , an external parasite of sheep), and some winged ones lose their wings after parasitizing a suitable host. The Ornithoica genus is known to frequently show gynandromorph mosaics, which are not common in other insects.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Ket" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…そのうちいくつかの言語は互いに小語族(下記(4)(5))を形成するが,他はそれぞれ系譜関係が明らかでない孤立の言語((1)(2)(3))であり,全体として系譜的に単一のまとまりをなすものではない。(1)ケット語Ket(エニセイ・オスチャーク語Yenisei‐Ostyakとも呼ばれる。ただしフィン・ウゴル語派のオスチャーク語とは別),(2)ギリヤーク語(またはニブヒ語),(3)ユカギール語,(4)チュクチ・カムチャツカ語族,(5)エスキモー・アレウト語族(語域の大部分は新大陸にあるが,一部は東北アジアに分布)。…

【シラミバエ(虱蠅)】より

…翅をもつものは寄主の体表すれすれを飛んで,しつこくつきまとう。一部には翅が退化したグループ(ヒツジに外部寄生するヒツジシラミバエMelophagus ovinus(英名ket)が有名)もあり,有翅でも適当な寄主に寄生したのち翅を落としてしまうものもある。Ornithoica属では,他の昆虫では多くない雌雄モザイクが高頻度で出現することが知られている。…

※「Ket」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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