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‖ matamata|mætəˈmætə| [? S. American; used as zoological Latin in 1822 by Merrem in Isis 690.] A South American turtle, Chelys fimbriata.
1840Cuvier's Anim. Kingd. 272 The Matamata (Testudo fimbria, Gm.). 1876Beneden's Anim. Parasites 58 The Matamata, a turtle living in the brackish water of Guiana. |