Definitions tagged artrópodos in the street dictionary.
Name used in the Venezuelan state of Guárico for a species of giant cicada. It is called a coca in other parts of the country. (Local folklore suggests these insects sing non-stop until they dry up or burst).
You are going to die like a toca from singing so much, you will burst!; tocas sing incessantly until they dry up and die, according to popular belief.
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A common insect found throughout Venezuela, especially in the plains regions, typically appearing between February and April. They live in trees and emit a loud, constant buzzing sound throughout the day (this refers to the cicada).
People who have to urinate very frequently are also called a chicharra, because these animals are known for constantly releasing fluid while they are singing in the trees.
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In Venezuela, this is the name for a silverfish, a small wingless insect about 15 to 20mm long with a silvery-gray color that feeds on paper and books. The name comes from its resemblance to armored river fish that stick to rocks, called corronchos or cascarrones (Corronchos are flat, scaly catfish common in South American rivers).
The trazas are going to eat those books, we need to clean them somehow because they are eating them.
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A wingless, blood-sucking insect. It is a pest that commonly bites humans, specifically the Cimex lectularius species.
In Venezuela they no longer exist in the metropolitan area or the rest of the country, but in the past Chinche de cama was a common insect in beds, cinema seats, boarding house beds, and rental cars.
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A term used in Miranda State for a specific kind of large, flat, reddish tick. (Miranda is a state in north-central Venezuela).
those horses are covered in nothing but charas
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A term used to describe a heavy infestation or swarming abundance of maggots and insect larvae.
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A wild bee that is long, black, and hairy. It nests inside tree trunks in the Venezuelan Plains (Los Llanos), such as the saman, coloradito, or guacimo trees. Its yellow honey is contained in small black wax pouches called botanas, which are harvested during the dry season.
He has guanota moles; this is said when moles are black and hairy.
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A wood-boring beetle or woodworm. While the literal name for the pest, it is used in the State of Guárico, Venezuela, to metaphorically describe the act of something slowly eating away at, eroding, or consuming a person or object.
You will regret it until your conscience starts to carcoma you, which is a common way to say that guilt will slowly eat away at your mind.
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A navy blue crab found on the beaches of Margarita Island and other areas of the Caribbean. Its scientific name is Carpilius corallinus. (Margarita is a popular Caribbean island destination in Venezuela).
My pants are Capuco colored, referring to the navy blue color of this crab species.
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A common name used in Caracas and the surrounding central region for the navy blue crab (Carpilius corallinus), which is called Capuco in other parts of the country like Margarita.
at the beach we will eat a cangrejo moro soup.
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In Venezuela, this is a name for a blood-sucking insect that primarily targets coffee harvest workers. It tends to bite the chest, navel, groin, and behind the ears. In other parts of the country, it is known as a Coloradito (a term used for chiggers or red bugs).
Those mosquitoes that bit you look more like cochivacoas, because they left you all red.
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A name for a small, reddish tick commonly found in the fields of Miranda State and other rural regions of Venezuela.
Those dogs are full of chivacoas, they need a bath.
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A regional term from Pampan, in the Venezuelan Andes, for a type of large ant that nests in decaying logs. It is used as an adjective to describe wooden items that are rotten or worm-eaten.
That table is all Lagrapiona: it indicates that it is rotten.
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A marbled gray cattle tick common in the town of Motatán (located in the Venezuelan state of Trujillo). In colloquial use, it describes an incredibly clingy person who refuses to leave someone's side.
Berta's brother is like a garrapata robelera, he is stuck to her all day long.
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A bioluminescent click beetle (Pyrophorus species) native to tropical regions. It is nocturnal and possesses two light emitting spots on its thorax that glow yellow green. Historically, women in the Venezuelan state of Lara wore these insects as living jewelry by tying them to their bodices with fine thread. They are typically found in the humid mountain forests of the Andes and the Coastal Range.
when he saw her, his eyes lit up like a cocuyo
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A regional name in the Venezuelan Andes, primarily in Trujillo State, for insects that resemble the chipo. In other parts of the country, they are simply called chipos (kissing bugs, which are common vectors for Chagas disease).
Juan got sick because a Coco-julio bit him last night while he was sleeping.
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A pubic louse or crab. In slang, it refers to an extremely annoying person or a tedious, bothersome situation that causes persistent irritation.
Carlos is such a Lladilla. This uses the itching and discomfort caused by the bug as a metaphor for a person's annoying behavior.
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A regional name for a specific type of grasshopper found on Margarita Island (a Caribbean island belonging to Venezuela). The term is often used to describe someone leaping or jumping suddenly when startled.
when I saw that man show up without me noticing I jumped like a machicha.
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A term for a flat, parasitic louse fly that clings to pigeons, specifically under their wings. Figuratively, it describes a person who is constantly hovering, clinging to, or pestering someone else, usually out of interest or anticipation. (In Venezuelan folklore, these insects are often called the bird's soul because they abandon the body the moment the pigeon dies.)
When I am cooking sweets, that man is like a Mosca en paloma; this describes someone who is constantly hanging around or hovering over someone else, just like the insect stays on its host.
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A large, venomous black ant with a sting that causes headaches and vomiting. It inhabits trees in the Sucre region of Venezuela.
That boy was definitely stung by a Yalofa, because his headache won't stop and he has already vomited several times.
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A regional name used in Carúpano, Venezuela, for a specific type of stinging wasp.
get that wasp nest away from the door, look, they are yare and those ones sting hard
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