Garapata
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Garapata is a noun meaning (US) A kind of wood tick.
Meaning
(US) A kind of wood tick.
Example Sentences
[…] principally among the former were the garapatas, a vicious species of wood-tick, which swarm almost every leaf and plant growing near the ground […]
One of the worst annoyances of their visit to Uxmal was that whenever they moved about they became covered with garapatas. The garapata is a tick so small that it is hardly perceptible to the naked eye, but it is capable of making a bite or sting like that of a red ant or a hot needle.
Word Forms
- garapatas
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include carapato, khapra, sprigtail, woodtick, sapsuck, tapacolo.
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