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A common surname from Chinese, from Mandarin, usually referring to Mao Zedong.
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A card game, named after Mao Zedong, in which players attempt to shed all their cards without violating certain unspoken rules.
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A Sino-Tibetan language.
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Synonyms: Emela, Sopvoma
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A branch of the Omotic languages spoken in Ethiopia.
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noun
Initialism of monoamine oxidase.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
The ma'oma'o, Gymnomyza samoensis, a large passerine bird native to Samoa.
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noun
A fairy chess piece which moves identically to the xiangqi horse, moving one square orthogonally and then one square diagonally at a 135 degree angle. Similar to the chess knight, but has more limited movement as its movement can be obstructed by an intervening piece.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: board-games, chess, games
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noun
Synonym of labret
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Usage: uncommon
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Synonyms: labret
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noun
Chinese communist leader (1893-1976)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Mao Zedong, Mao Tsetung
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Broader terms: communist, commie, revolutionist, revolutionary, subversive, subverter
noun
an enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of many body compounds (e.g., epinephrine and norepinephrine and serotonin)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: monoamine oxidase
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Broader terms: enzyme
History
From Mandarin 毛 (Máo).
Borrowed from Tibeto-Burman.
Borrowed from Amharic Mao (“indigenous ethnonym”).
Borrowed from Samoan ma'o, from ma'oma'o.
English romanization of Mandarin 馬 /马 (mǎ, “horse”). Note: English coinage based on Chinese inspiration, not a real Chinese morpheme in this form.
Across languages
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