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uta

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[yoo-tuh] / ˈyu tə /

noun

  1. any of several iguanid lizards of the genus Uta, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico.


Etymology

Origin of uta

< New Latin, probably Latinization of Ute

Example Sentences

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When they finished, Kubota explained how shima uta worked.

From New York Times • Nov. 16, 2012

Rainbow-colored billboards and sidewalk placards advertise places to hear live music; from every direction shima uta spills onto the sidewalks.

From New York Times • Nov. 16, 2012

Oshiro, 76, is a legendary singer of shima uta, songs of the Ryukyu Islands, as Okinawa is also known.

From New York Times • Nov. 16, 2012

O To'oto'o," said Seumanutafa, "this house is mine; this land is mine; the plantation i uta is mine also.

From Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas by Osbourne, Lloyd

Idânîm kim ayam gîvah parasmâd atyantabhinnah uta param eva brahma bhrântam uta brahmaivopâdhyavakkhinnam atha brahmâmsa iti samsayyate srutivipraticpatteh samsayah.

From The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Sankaracarya Sacred Books of the East, Volume 1 by Thibaut, George

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