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
- cover a multitude of sins
- cover address
- cover all the bases
- cover band
- cover charge
- cover crop
- cover every base
- cover girl
- cover girls
- minsks
- minster
- minsters
- minsteryard
- minstrel
- minstrel gallery
- minstrel show
- minstreled
- minstreling
- minstrelled
- minstrelling
- minstrels
- minstrelsies
- minstrelsy
- mint
- mint camphor