Mimatuta

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Translingual

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Etymology

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Named by Leigh Van Valen by blending the following elements: Sindarin mîr (jewel), Matuta (a Roman goddess), a claimed Latin word *mius ("imitator"), Latin tuta (safe), and Mîm (a dwarf in the Silmarillion).

Proper noun

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Mimatuta

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Periptychidae – an extinct condylarth mammal from the Paleocene.

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