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  • proper noun A taxonomic genus within the subfamily Ornithodorinae — several ticks.

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Examples

  • Carios, of Franco, of Charles de Gaulle, and of Adolf Hitler, though Kurt recognized only the last.

    The Heirs of Babylon Cook, Glen 1972

  • This enraged him, and Hans found it prudent to say that perhaps her eyes were turned so wrathfully upon the Carios; in which opinion the chief assented, and wished she might destroy them all. "

    Moon Lore Timothy Harley

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