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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

[Pg.]

(Zool.)

The bearded tortoise (

Chelys fimbriata

) of South American rivers.

See also: matamatá, mata mata, and mata-mata

A matamata.

matamata ‎(plural matamatas)

A species of side-necked turtle, Chelus fimbriatus, whose shell resembles a dead leaf.

turtle