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mara

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ma·ra  (m-rä)
n.
Any of various long-eared and long-legged cavies of the genus Dolichotis, inhabiting the scrub desert and grasslands of central and southern Argentina. Also called Patagonian hare.
[American Spanish mará, perhaps of Araucanian origin.]
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Noun1.Mara - Hindu god of death; opposite of Kama
2.mara - hare-like rodent of the pampas of Argentina
Dolichotis patagonum
gnawer, rodent - relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing
Dolichotis, genus Dolichotis - maras


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