matacon.

Brit.

/ˈmatəkəʊ/,

/məˈtɑːkəʊ/, U.S.

/ˈmædəˌkoʊ/,

/məˈtɑkoʊ/

Forms: 1800s– matacho (in dictionaries), 1800s– mataco, 1800s– matico (in dictionaries).

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Spanish. Or (ii) a borrowing from Portuguese. Etymons: Spanish mataco; Portuguese mataco.

Etymology: < South American Spanish mataco or Brazilian Portuguese mataco, of uncertain origin. Compare scientific Latin Matacus (A. G. Desmarest 1804, Tabl. méth. historical nat., in Nouveau dict. d'hist. nat. XXIV. 28).The relationship of this word to Brazilian Portuguese mataco rump (probably < Kimbundu) is uncertain. N.E.D. (1905) gives only the pronunciation (mæ·tăko) /ˈmætəkəʊ/.

Now rare.

In South America: either of the two kinds of three-banded armadillo, Tolypeutes tricinctus and T. matacus.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > order Edentata > [noun] > family Dasypodidae (armadillo) > genus Tolypeutes (three-banded armadillo)

three-banded armadillo1800

mataco1833

tolypeutine1884

1833 C. Darwin Zool. Notes (2000) 179 Four species [of armadillo]... The Taturia Pichiz..; the T. Apar..called Mataco.—The T. villosa, called Paluda... Pichiz, or sometimes called Kerikincha..is excessively numerous.

1834 Penny Cycl. II. 353 The Mataco..is found in Brazil, Paraguay, and Buenos Ayres, but is nowhere very common.

1868 R. F. Burton Lett. from Paraguay 395 The mataco (or tatú) peludo..abound.

1876 Internat. Exhib. Official Catal. (U. S. Centennial Commission) (rev. ed.) III. 81 Land Animals... 259..b Lynx, stuffed mataco, etc...268..a Mataco and quirquincho shells.

1975 W. Moeller in B. Grzimek Animal Life Encycl. XI. vii. 159 Their ability to roll into a ball has been a feature of the three-banded Armadillos. The Indian populations call them mataco or apara.]

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mataco
释义	matacon. Brit. /ˈmatəkəʊ/, /məˈtɑːkəʊ/, U.S. /ˈmædəˌkoʊ/, /məˈtɑkoʊ/ Forms: 1800s– matacho (in dictionaries), 1800s– mataco, 1800s– matico (in dictionaries). Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Spanish. Or (ii) a borrowing from Portuguese. Etymons: Spanish mataco; Portuguese mataco. Etymology: < South American Spanish mataco or Brazilian Portuguese mataco, of uncertain origin. Compare scientific Latin Matacus (A. G. Desmarest 1804, Tabl. méth. historical nat., in Nouveau dict. d'hist. nat. XXIV. 28).The relationship of this word to Brazilian Portuguese mataco rump (probably < Kimbundu) is uncertain. N.E.D. (1905) gives only the pronunciation (mæ·tăko) /ˈmætəkəʊ/. Now rare. In South America: either of the two kinds of three-banded armadillo, Tolypeutes tricinctus and T. matacus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Edentata > [noun] > family Dasypodidae (armadillo) > genus Tolypeutes (three-banded armadillo) three-banded armadillo1800 mataco1833 tolypeutine1884 1833 C. Darwin Zool. Notes (2000) 179 Four species [of armadillo]... The Taturia Pichiz..; the T. Apar..called Mataco.—The T. villosa, called Paluda... Pichiz, or sometimes called Kerikincha..is excessively numerous. 1834 Penny Cycl. II. 353 The Mataco..is found in Brazil, Paraguay, and Buenos Ayres, but is nowhere very common. 1868 R. F. Burton Lett. from Paraguay 395 The mataco (or tatú) peludo..abound. 1876 Internat. Exhib. Official Catal. (U. S. Centennial Commission) (rev. ed.) III. 81 Land Animals... 259..b Lynx, stuffed mataco, etc...268..a Mataco and quirquincho shells. 1975 W. Moeller in B. Grzimek Animal Life Encycl. XI. vii. 159 Their ability to roll into a ball has been a feature of the three-banded Armadillos. The Indian populations call them mataco or apara.] This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1833
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