/meuh shet"ee, -chet"ee/ , n.
1. a large heavy knife used esp. in Latin-American countries in cutting sugarcane and clearing underbrush and as a weapon.
2. a tarpon, Elops affinis, of the eastern Pacific Ocean, having an elongated, compressed body.
[ 1825-35; mach ( o ) mallet (cf. MACE 1 ) + -ete n. suffix ]