What does garapata mean?
Garapata means (US) A kind of wood tick..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(US) A kind of wood tick..
[…] 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.
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Garapata means (US) A kind of wood tick..
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[…] principally among the former were the garapatas, a vicious species of wood-tick, which swarm almost every leaf and plant growing near the ground […]
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