mare
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
mare1 /mɛː/
▶noun the female of a horse or other equine animal.
– origin OE mearh ‘horse’, mere ‘mare’, from a Gmc base.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
mare2 /ˈmɑːreɪ, -ri/
▶noun (pl. maria /ˈmɑːrɪə/) Astronomy a large, level basalt plain on the surface of the moon, appearing dark by contrast with highland areas.
– origin C19: special use of L. mare ‘sea’; these areas were once thought to be seas.
'mare' also found in these Oxford entries:
brood
- foal
- horse
- koumiss
- m
- mare clausum
- mare liberum
- mare's nest
- mare's tail
- maria
- mariculture
- marine
- maritime
- marshal
- Shanks's pony
- Whig
