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mare

1   [mair]
noun
a fully mature female horse or other equine animal.
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Origin:
before 900; Middle English, variant of mere, Old English m(i)ere; cognate with Dutch merrie, German Mähre, Old Norse merr; akin to Old English mearh, Old Norse marr, Irish marc horse. See marshal

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mare

2   [mair]
noun Obsolete.
nightmare (def. 3).
Origin:
before 900; Middle English, Old English; cognate with German Mahre, Old Norse mara. See nightmare

ma·re

3   [mahr-ey, mair-ee]
noun, plural ma·ri·a  [mahr-ee-uh, mair-] . Astronomy.
any of the several large, dark plains on the moon and Mars: Galileo believed that the lunar features were seas when he first saw them through a telescope.
Origin:
1680–90; < Latin: sea
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mare
"broad, dark areas of the moon," 1765, from L. mare "sea" (see marine), applied to lunar features by Galileo and used in 17c. Latin works. They originally were thought to be actual seas.
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mare   (mä'rā)  Pronunciation Key 
Plural maria (mä'rē-ə)
Any of the large, low-lying dark areas on the Moon or on Mars or other inner planets. The lunar maria are believed to consist of volcanic basalts, and many are believed to be basins formed initially by large impacts with meteoroids and later filled with lava flows. Compare terra.
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