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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. female equine animal;
[syn: mare, female horse]

2. a dark region of considerable extent on the surface of the moon;
[syn: mare, maria]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Mare \Mare\, n. [AS. mara incubus; akin to OHG. & Icel. mara; cf. Pol. mora, Bohem. m[*u]ra.] (Med.) Sighing, suffocative panting, intercepted utterance, with a sense of pressure across the chest, occurring during sleep; the incubus; -- obsolete, except in the compound nightmare. [1913 Webster] I will ride thee o' nights like the mare. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Mare \Mare\ (m[^a]r), n. [OE. mere, AS. mere, myre, fem of AS. mearh horse, akin to D. merrie mare, G. m[aum]hre, OHG. marah horse, meriha mare, Icel. marr horse, OCelt. marka (Pausan. 19, 19,4), Ir. marc, W. march. Cf. Marshal.] The female of the horse and other equine quadrupeds. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

maria \maria\ n. pl. 1. (Astron.) Plural form of mare, a dark region of considerable extent on the surface of the moon. [WordNet 1.5] 2. (Bot.) A valuable timber tree of Panama. Syn: Calophyllum longifolium. [WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

mare n 1: female equine animal [syn: mare, female horse] 2: a dark region of considerable extent on the surface of the moon [syn: mare, maria]