mara
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Mara
is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
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| —n | |
| a harelike South American rodent, Dolichotis patagonum, inhabiting the pampas of Argentina: family Caviidae (cavies) | |
| [from American Spanish mará, perhaps of Araucanian origin] | |
| mara2 (Spanish maˈra) | |
| —n | |
| one of several organized criminal gangs of Central American origin also operating in the US | |
| [C20: from Spanish: gang] | |
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Easton
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Mara definition
bitter; sad, a symbolical name which Naomi gave to herself because of her misfortunes (Ruth 1:20).
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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Encyclopedia Britannica
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mara
either of two South American rodents in the genus Dolichotis of the cavy family, the Patagonian mara (D. patagonum) or the Chacoan mara (D. salinicola).
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