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What does Cochocho mean?

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Cochocho

A body louse, a whitish and repulsive wingless insect that sucks blood and can transmit typhus. It typically lays eggs in the seams of clothes and wool blankets. (Common in the Venezuelan Andes region).

"take a bath and wash your cochocho well"; a phrase used to tell someone to clean their body crevices or hidden parts, drawing a comparison between body folds and the seams of clothing where these lice hide.

Automatically translated from Spanish

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