atta

1 of 2

noun (1)

at·​ta

variants or ata

ˈäˌtä

plural -s

India

: unsorted wheat flour or meal

Atta

2 of 2

noun (2)

At·​ta

ˈatə

: a New World genus of typical leaf-cutting chiefly tropical ants often very destructive to crops

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

Hindi āṭā

Noun (2)

New Latin

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