hatteria

See also: Hatteria and hatterią

English

Etymology

From obsolete translingual Hatteria, which was a genus proposed in 1842 and later rejected.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪəɹiə

Noun

hatteria (plural hatterias)

1. (dated) The tuatara.
   • 1891, Julia McNair Wright, Nature Readers: Sea-side and Way-side, number 4, page 163:

     The skull of the hatteria is more like that of a crocodile than like that of any other reptile; but on the other hand its legs are like those of the lizard […]

   • 1902, Animal Life and the World of Nature:

     A Red-breasted Water lizard, appropriately christened “Robin,” seemed more especially to excite its ire in the vain pursuit of which the hatteria would rush out from its lair with angry gruntings whenever that lizard chanced to trespass too closely […]

   • 1975, Pierre Paul Grassé, Larousse Encyclopedia of the Animal World, page 407:

     This association favours the hatterias which feed on the numerous insects attracted by the birds' excrement.

Anagrams

• terai hat

Polish

hatteria

Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin Hatteria.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xatˈtɛ.rja/
• Rhymes: -ɛrja
• Syllabification: hat‧te‧ria

Noun

hatteria f

1. hatteria, tuatara

   Synonyms: łupkoząb, tuatara

Declension

Declension of hatteria

	singular	plural
nominative	hatteria	hatterie
genitive	hatterii	hatterii/hatteryj (archaic)
dative	hatterii	hatteriom
accusative	hatterię	hatterie
instrumental	hatterią	hatteriami
locative	hatterii	hatteriach
vocative	hatterio	hatterie

Further reading

• hatteria in Polish dictionaries at PWN