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mare

Dark lowland plain on the Moon. The name comes from the Latin word for ‘sea’, because these areas were once wrongly thought to be water.



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He refuses to ride my mare because she was a little fractious yesterday.
The Illustrious Prince by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context
The pedlar whistled to his mare and went up the hill, pondering on the doleful fate of Mr.
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She urged the mare forward a couple of strides, and then the animal lifted over the bars in a clean little jump.
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