carrapato

noun

car·​ra·​pa·​to

variants or carapato

ˌkarəˈpät(ˌ)ü,

-(ˌ)ō

plural -s

: any of several South American ticks (genus Amblyomma) including pests of humans and domestic animals, some being implicated as disease vectors

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