• mata mata,matamata turtle,mata mata turtle

Borrowed fromBrazilian Portuguesematamatá.(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium. Particularly: “dictionaries derive the Portuguese from a Tupi term, no evidence”)

matamata (pluralmatamatas)

1. Aside-necked turtle of speciesChelus fimbriata, whose shell resembles a dead leaf.

• mata mata on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Chelus fimbriata on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Chelus fimbriata on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

• Mama Tata

matamata

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