Meaning of quata | Babel Free

Definitions

Archaic form of coiata.

alt-of, archaic

Examples

“Acosta, in his History of the West Indies, relates the following anecdote of a quata which belonged to the Governor of Carthagena […]”

“To be sure the Quatas will, when they meet with a learned traveller, or any other strange animal, descend to the lower branches of their trees, to examine the phenomenon[…]”

“The quatas, or large black spider monkeys, spent a good deal of their time in trying to open them by beating them against the branches of trees, or on hard logs upon the ground[…]”

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