matchet

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

matchet
    n 1: a large heavy knife used in Central and South America as a
         weapon or for cutting vegetation [syn: {machete},
         {matchet}, {panga}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

matchet \matchet\ n.
   a large heavy knife used in Central and South America as a
   weapon or for cutting vegetation; usually called {machete}.

   Syn: machete, panga.
        [WordNet 1.5]