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Definition of Mare

1. Noun. Female equine animal.

2. Noun. A dark region of considerable extent on the surface of the moon.

Definition of Mare

1. n. The female of the horse and other equine quadrupeds.

2. n. Sighing, suffocative panting, intercepted utterance, with a sense of pressure across the chest, occurring during sleep; the incubus; -- obsolete, except in the compound nightmare.

Definition of Mare

1. a dark area on the surface of the moon or Mars [n -RIA] / a mature female horse [n -S]

Medical Definition of Mare

1. The female of the horse and other equine quadrupeds. Origin: OE. Mere, AS. Mere, myre, fem of AS. Mearh horse, akin to D. Merrie mare, G. Mahre, OHG. Marah horse, meriha mare, Icel. Marr horse, OCelt. Marka (Pausan. 19, 19,4), Ir. Marc, W. March. Cf. Marshal. Sighing, suffocative panting, intercepted utterance, with a sense of pressure across the chest, occurring during sleep; the incubus; obsolete, except in the compound nightmare. "I will ride thee o' nights like the mare." (Shak) Origin: AS. Mara incubus; akin to OHG. & Icel. Mara; cf. Pol. Mora, Bohem. Mra. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mare

Marcus Ulpius Traianus Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa Marcus Whitman Marc Blitzstein Marc Chagall mard mardied mardier mardies mardiest

Mardi Gras Marduk mardy mardying mare (current term) mare (current term) mare's-tail mare's nest mare's tail Marek's disease

Marek's disease virus maremma maremmas maremme marena Marengo mares Marey's law mare clausum mare liberum

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