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Definition of: machete
(mə·shet′ē, mə·shet′; Sp. mä·chā′tā) noun
A heavy knife or cutlas used both as an implement and as a weapon by the natives of tropical America. [<Sp., dim. of macho an ax, a hammer <L marculus, dim. of marcus a hammer]
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