jabuti

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * 1) A Brazilian tortoise, especially a.
 * 2) * 2006(?), Livia de Almeida, Ana Portella, Brazilian Folktales, Libraries Unlimited (ISBN 9781563089305):
 * The most popular of all is the jabuti (or Yauti, as it is pronounced in the Tupy language). It is a large turtle, much appreciated as food. Short-legged, slow, weak, and silent, the jabuti in the Amazon tradition is like the fox in the European tales.
 * 1) * 2006(?), Livia de Almeida, Ana Portella, Brazilian Folktales, Libraries Unlimited (ISBN 9781563089305):
 * The most popular of all is the jabuti (or Yauti, as it is pronounced in the Tupy language). It is a large turtle, much appreciated as food. Short-legged, slow, weak, and silent, the jabuti in the Amazon tradition is like the fox in the European tales.
 * The most popular of all is the jabuti (or Yauti, as it is pronounced in the Tupy language). It is a large turtle, much appreciated as food. Short-legged, slow, weak, and silent, the jabuti in the Amazon tradition is like the fox in the European tales.

Etymology 1
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Noun

 * 1)  either a   or the red-footed tortoise
 * 2)  any tortoise terrestrial turtle
 * 3)  an amendment to a law which is strange to its main subject, as "tortoises do not climb trees" (Brazilian proverb) (it was put onto the tree by someone)
 * 1)  an amendment to a law which is strange to its main subject, as "tortoises do not climb trees" (Brazilian proverb) (it was put onto the tree by someone)

Hypernyms

 * (Portugal), (Brazil), ,

Noun

 * 1) an indigenous language spoken in Brazil