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quata

quata is the archaic form of coaita.

Meaning of coaita

Noun

coaita (plural coaitas)

  1. (dated) spider monkey
    • All these facts, even the worms in the intestines, correspond with our coaitas. […] It is obvious, therefore, that the exquima of Marcgrave is a sapajou of the same species, or, at least, of a species very nearly allied to that of the coaita.1830, Unnamed translator, Georges Louis Leclerc, The Natural History of Quadrupeds, [1749–1804, Histoire Naturelle, générale et particulière, avec la description du Cabinet du Roi], Volume 3, page 338

Forms of quata

pluralquatas

Questions about quata

What is quata the archaic form of?
Quata is the archaic form of coaita.

Words near quata in the dictionary

  1. quassins
  2. quassite
  3. Quast
  4. Quasts
  5. quat
  6. quata
  7. quatacaine
  8. Quatannens
  9. quatas
  10. Quatavious
  11. quatch

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