garra

Toes are nibbled on by a type of carp called garra rufa, or doctor fish, during a fish pedicure treatment at Yvonne Hair and Nails salon in Alexandria, Va.

Archive 2008-07-01 The Year in Pictures 2008

Toes are nibbled on by a type of carp called garra rufa, or doctor fish, during a fish pedicure treatment at Yvonne Hair and Nails salon in Alexandria, Va.

Parallel U. The Year in Pictures 2008

For $35, a brave client puts his or her feet into a tub and allows a tiny species of carp known as garra rufa to bite off dead skin and calluses, resulting in what clients say is the best pedicure they've ever had.

Garra Rufa Fish Pedicure 2008

The decision means The Peridot Nail Salon in Kent must stop employing members of the carp family known as garra rufa and sometimes called doctor fish to exfoliate customers 'feet.

HeraldNet.com Local, Sports, Business and Entertainment News 2008

Their stars are also known by their "garra," or tenacity, never conceding a ball as lost and fighting until the end of the game.

Soccer's Cross-Pollination Wilson Liévano 2008

"garra," the grit or guts that supposedly sees them through when the pressure's on

SI.com 2010

In childhood he had hoped to become a footballer, and his writings portray the glory and decline of the game in a country where it belongs to no single social class and where the fans still cling to a concept of la garra? fighting spirit? which gradually, as the golden years drifted to an end, became synonymous with ruthless physicality.

World Cup 2010: Uruguay is a small nation with a great football history 2010

Rather, Uruguay embraces the national culture of the garra charrua the courageous, fighting Indian Spirit that never gives up which plays into its David vs. Goliath view of the world.

Uruguay May Be the Underdog 2010

Ho was skeptical at first about the fish, which are called garra rufa but typically known as doctor fish.

Carp-pet cleaners 2008

A quiet 63-year-old whose extensive CV includes spells with Peñarol, Boca Juniors and Milan, Tabárez talks about his team's "modest chance" of success and has worked with some success to restore the original definition of la garra, which once meant trickery with the ball rather than brutality.

World Cup 2010: Uruguay is a small nation with a great football history 2010