matamata
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editBorrowed from Brazilian Portuguese matamatá. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “dictionaries derive the Portuguese from a Tupi term, no evidence”)
Noun
editmatamata (plural matamatas)
- A side-necked turtle of species Chelus fimbriata, whose shell resembles a dead leaf.
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References
edit- mata mata on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Chelus fimbriata on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Chelus fimbriata on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
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