machetes

[muh-shet-ee, -chet-ee]

ma·chet·e

[muh-shet-ee, -chet-ee]
noun
1.
a large heavy knife used especially 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.

Origin:
1825–35; < Spanish, equivalent to mach(o) mallet (compare mace1) + -ete noun suffix
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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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