I. səˈmä.trə adjective
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: from Sumatra, island in Indonesia
: of or from the island of Sumatra : of the kind or style prevailing in Sumatra : sumatran
II. noun
1. -s often capitalized : a violent squall common in the strait between Sumatra and the Malay peninsula
2. also sumatra game
a. usually capitalized S&G : an Oriental breed of long-tailed greenish black game fowls
b. -s usually capitalized S & sometimes capitalized G : a bird of the Sumatra breed — compare cubalaya