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Definition of Matamata
1. n. The bearded tortoise (Chelys fimbriata) of South American rivers.
Definition of Matamata
1. Noun. A species of side-necked turtle, ''Chelus fimbriatus'', whose shell resembles a dead leaf. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Matamata
1. a South American river-turtle [n -S]
Medical Definition of Matamata
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Matamata
Literary usage of Matamata
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Orr's Circle of the Sciences: A Series of Treatires on the Principles of by Richard Owen, Wm S Orr, John Radford Young, Alexander Jardine, Robert Gordon Latham, Edward Smith, William Sweetland Dallas (1855)
"The species figured Chelys matamata (Fig. 98) is an inhabitant of South America,
and was formerly very abundant in the rivers of Guiana ; but it is said to ..."
2. New Zealand Revisited: Recollections of the Days of My Youth by the Rt. Hon by John Eldon Gorst (1908)
"... was held at matamata. I was at first instructed to attend it, and had made
all preparations to go, but at the last moment orders came from the Governor ..."
3. The Wonders of the World, in Nature, Art, and Mind by Robert Sears (1856)
"The tortoise, belongs to this family, occurring in abundance in tropical situations,
and sometime* The matamata. straying into higher latitudes, ..."
4. New Zealand Revisited: Recollections of the Days of My Youth by John Eldon Gorst (1908)
"... was held at matamata. I was at first instructed to attend it, and had made
all preparations to go, but at the last moment orders came from the Governor ..."
5. The Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary by Edward Tregear (1891)
"the point of a fish-hook; matamata, a precursor, the first person who arrives of
a party ; (b.) a drop of water ; aka- mata, to commence, to start with. ..."
6. The Polynesian Wanderings: Tracks of the Migration Deduced from an by William Churchill (1911)
"Samoa: mata, matamata, to look at, to see, to view; mata, the eye, the face, ...
Futuna: mata, the eye, the face, the point of a lance; mamata, matamata, ..."
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