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The definition of a mare is an adult female horse, donkey, burro or mule.

(noun)

An example of a mare is a horse that gives birth.

See mare in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a fully mature female horse, mule, donkey, burro, etc.; specif., a female horse that has reached the age of five

Origin: ME < OE mere, fem. of mearh, akin to Ger mähre, jade, prob. < IE base *marko-, horse, seen only in Gmc & Celt (Ir marc, Welsh march, horse)

noun pl. maria

a sea
one of several vast, dark flat areas on the moon, Mercury, or Mars

Origin: L, sea < IE base *mori > Goth marei, sea, OE mere, sea, lake, Welsh mor, sea

noun

Obsolete an evil spirit once thought to produce nightmares

Origin: ME < OE, akin to Ger dial. mahr, ON mar < IE *mora, incubus < base *mer-, to rub, seize > Gr marainein, to quench, OIr meirb, lifeless, OE mearu, soft

island at the N end of San Francisco Bay, Calif.: site of a U.S. navy yard

Origin: transl. of Sp Isla de la Yegua: said to be for a mare that swam to the island and joined a herd of elk

See mare in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

An adult female horse or the female of other equine species.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , alteration of Old English mȳre (influenced by forms of mearh, horse); see marko- in Indo-European roots

noun pl. ma·ri·a (-rē-ə)

Any of the large dark areas on the moon or on Mars or other planets.

Origin:

Origin: Latin, sea; see mori- in Indo-European roots