kukri vs. machete

noun

  1. a large knife having a heavy curved blade that is sharp on the concave side, used by the Napalese Gurkhas for hunting and combat.


noun

  1. a large heavy knife used especially 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.