chama
1 of 2noun (1)
cha·ma
ˈkāmə
1
Chama : a genus (the type of the family Chamidae) of eulamellibranchiate bivalve mollusks of warm or tropical seas having fixed massive irregular inequivalve shells and comprising the rock oysters and extinct related forms
2
plural -s : a member of the genus Chama : rock oyster
Chama
2 of 2noun (2)
Cha·ma
ˈchämə
plural Chama or Chamas
1
a
: a Panoan people of northeastern Peru
b
: a member of such people
called also Chuncho
2
: the language of the Chama people
Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
New Latin, from Latin chama, chema cockle, from Greek chēmē; akin to Greek chaskein to yawn, gape, Latin hiare
Noun (2)
Spanish, of American Indian origin
- have someone or something for lunch
- have someone or something in mind
- have someone or something to oneself
- have someone or something to thank for
- have someone or something to thank for something
- have someone pegged
- have someone stumped
- have someone taped
- have someone's (best) interests at heart
- have someone's back
- have someone's best interests at heart
- have someone's ear
- have someone's interests at heart
- have someone's measure
- have someone's number
- have something all to oneself
- have something back
- have something down to a science
- have something going for one
- have something in common
- have something to oneself
- have something to say about
- have something to spare
- have something up one's sleeve
- have something written all over it