matta meaning in english

[Tel.] n. A bough or stem (of the palm cocoanut, or date tree.) talanarikeladulakomma. kalabandamatta the stem of the Aloe plant. The tail of an animal. avulalonaguvanitoka. The sucking fish, called the Echeneis, or remora. Several species of this are called korramatta. payizarumatta, mattagudise or mattagorise, pulamatta. malamatta and kadicamatta. See Russell, Plates. 82 and 84. mattagidusu matta-gidusu. n. A sort of fish.