carrapaton.
/karəˈpɑːtəʊ/ A tick of the genus Ixodes. Also attributive, as carrapato disease (quot. 1903).
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carrapato1886
the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Arachnida > [noun] > order Acari or family Acaridae > member of (tick) > family Ixodidae > member of genus Ixodes
ricinus1658
bush-tick1856
wolf-tick1861
carrapato1886
scrub tick1891
1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 22 July 4/1 The carrapato, or bush-tick..is a degenerate spider.
1892 G. Fleming tr. L. G. Neumann Treat. Parasites 103 These are popularly designated by such names as Ticks..and Carapatos.
1903 Jrnl. Tropical Med. 2 Nov. 341/1 The carapato disease of the Zambesi basin is certainly produced by the bite of a tick—Argas moubata.
1906 F. C. Glass Through Heart Brazil 20 The carrapato is a kind of minute tick.
1930 Discovery July 229/2 Such parasites as the garrapato and pinalia abound.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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