carapato

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carapato - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Carapato \Ca`ra*pa"to\ (k[aum]`r[.a]*p[aum]"t[-o]), n. [Pg.
     carrapato.] (Zool.)
     A south American tick of the genus Amblyomma. There are
     several species, very troublesome to man and beast.
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