chama
1 of 2noun (1)
cha·ma
ˈkāmə
1
Chama : a genus (the type of the family Chamidae) of eulamellibranchiate bivalve mollusks of warm or tropical seas having fixed massive irregular inequivalve shells and comprising the rock oysters and extinct related forms
2
plural -s : a member of the genus Chama : rock oyster
Chama
2 of 2noun (2)
Cha·ma
ˈchämə
plural Chama or Chamas
1
a
: a Panoan people of northeastern Peru
b
: a member of such people
called also Chuncho
2
: the language of the Chama people
Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
New Latin, from Latin chama, chema cockle, from Greek chēmē; akin to Greek chaskein to yawn, gape, Latin hiare
Noun (2)
Spanish, of American Indian origin