Diminutive of chachagua . The chachagua is a way of calling a two-barrel shotgun, usually sorcery. It is the name of a town in Costa Rica, in the Province of Alajuela. It is a way of calling the ant arriera or leaf eater, also known as zampopo or zampopa. Its scientific name is Atta cephalotes, of the family Formicidae. It is also a way to call a small mountain turtle, also called chachahua, chachakua, pochitoque, swamp turtle, swamp turtle or casquito, which is endemic to the State of Tabasco, in Mexico. Its scientific name is Kinosternon herrerai or Cryptochelys herrerai and belongs to the family Kinosternidae. In Peru it is also the name of a medicinal plant, known as rompepiedras and a surname of indigenous origin.
