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Webster 1913 Edition


Rata

Ra′ta

(rä′tȧ)
,
Noun.
[Maori.]
(Bot.)
A New Zealand forest tree (
Metrosideros robusta
), also, its hard dark red wood, used by the Maoris for paddles and war clubs.

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rață

rață

See also: rata, ráta, ratā, and Rata

Romanian

Noun

rață f (plural rațe, masculine equivalent rățoi)

  1. duck
  2. female duck
  3. (slang) urinal (the portable glass one offered in hospitals, due to its shape)
  4. a folk dance
  5. the music which accompanies the folk dance of the same name.

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