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
Word History
Etymology
Portuguese
- call it an early night
- call it like one sees it
- call it quits
- call it/them like one sees it/them
- call letters
- call loan
- call man
- call market
- call money
- call names
- call note
- call number
- call of nature
- call off
- call off or out
- call office
- call on
- call on or upon
- call on the carpet
- call one's bluff
- call out
- call pay
- call price
- call rate
- call sheet