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mara — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • mara noun In Germanic and Scandinavian folklore, a demon or spirit believed to sit on a sleeper's chest and cause nightmares.

Senses

mara is used for these senses in English:

  • mara Any caviid rodent of the genus Dolichotis, common in the Patagonian steppes of Argentina.

mara — full definition

  1. noun In Germanic and Scandinavian folklore, a demon or spirit believed to sit on a sleeper's chest and cause nightmares.
  2. noun A long-legged rodent native to the grasslands of Argentina, related to the guinea pig.