קֶרֶץqerets

dubious word, apparently nipping, concrete nipper usually interpreted, of a nipping or stinging insect (Jeremiah 46:20)

Pronunciation: keh'-rets · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7171

Same root

קָרַץqârats · H7169to pinch, i.e. (partially) to bite the lips, blink the eyes (as a gesture of malice), or (fully) to squeeze off (a piece of clay in order to mould a vessel from it)
קְרַץqᵉrats · H7170chew him up (figuratively) by slander

Where it appears

Appears 1 times in the Bible.

Jeremiah 46:20 Egypt is as sleek as a beautiful heifer, but a horsefly from the north is on its way!

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).