Definitions
hare-like rodent of the Pampas of Argentina
Word origin
Borrowed from Old Norse mara, from Proto-Germanic *marǭ, cognate with Old English mare or mære. Doublet of mare. See nightmare.
Used in a sentence
“The corpus of related texts tells us that within rural society it was not improbable for your neighbour's envy of your fine cattle to take the form of a mara.”
“Maras have a white patch of fur on the rump that they flash when running, an adaptation they share with several species of deer and antelopes.”
“Although only Dolichotis, the Patagonian mara, is strongly cursorial, all caviids have certain features typical of cursorial mammals[…].”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Pampas rodent”4 letters
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