a rope or long leather thong with a noose used especially for catching livestock
the gauchos tied their reatas and rode out onto the pampas to rope calves
Combining the bodysuit, bracelets, boots, lasso, tiara and earrings, the entire costume sold for $240,500.
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Colson Thayer,
People.com,
9 May 2025
In a 2015 study, his lab (by then relocated to Harvard Medical School) discovered that another type of fast-signaling neuron ensnares hair follicles like lassos (opens a new tab).
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