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gata

American  
[gah-tuh] / ˈgɑ tə /

noun

  1. the nurse shark, Ginglymostoma cirratum.


Etymology

Origin of gata

From Latin American Spanish (Cuba, Puerto Rico), Spanish: “cat,” from Late Latin catta cat ( def. )

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Nothing says "good luck in the new year" like bread, according to some Armenian families, who bake a large, flat loaf known as tarehats, darin, or gata.

From Salon Dec. 31, 2020

To say nothing of his dignified and truthful character as a man, he belongs, as a thinker and a writer, to a far higher class than this enfant gate du monde qu'il gata.

From English literary criticism by Various

Sco. ae, one, + O. N. gata literally "ae way," one way.

From Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch by Flom, George Tobias

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