[muh-shet-ee, -chet-ee] 
| 1. | a large heavy knife used esp. in Latin-American countries in cutting sugarcane and clearing underbrush and as a weapon. |
| 2. | a tarpon, Elops affinis, of the eastern Pacific Ocean, having an elongated, compressed body. |
| ma·chet·e (mə-shět'ē, -chět'ē) n. A large heavy knife with a broad blade, used as a weapon and an implement for cutting vegetation. [Spanish, diminutive of macho, sledge hammer, alteration of mazo, club, probably from maza, mallet, from Vulgar Latin *mattea, mace; see mace1.] |
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