# carapato

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. Any of the genus Amblyomma of South American ticks.

## Etymology
From Portuguese carrapato (“tick”), of uncertain origin.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/carapato