Associations to the word «Matamata»

Wiktionary

MATAMATA, noun. A species of side-necked turtle, Chelus fimbriatus, whose shell resembles a dead leaf.
MATAMATA TURTLE, noun. Alternative form of matamata

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky