Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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name
Clipping of Mohorovičić discontinuity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
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name
Alternative form of Mohe.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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noun
The North Island takahē, an extinct rail of New Zealand.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Synonym of oo.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: oo
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noun
A motor home.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, rare
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noun
the boundary between the Earth's crust and the underlying mantle
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: Mohorovicic discontinuity
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: boundary, bound, bounds
History
Borrowed from Māori moho.
From Hawaiian ʻōʻō, onomatopoeic from its call, via confusion of its name with the moho (“rail”).
Clipping.
