: a female horse or other equine animal especially when fully mature or of breeding age
plural maria
ˈmär-ē-ə 
also mares
ˈmär-(ˌ)āz
also mares
ˈmär-(ˌ)āz
: any of several mostly flat dark areas of considerable extent on the surface of the moon or Mars
obsolete
: an evil preternatural being causing nightmares
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U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Feb. 2025
Firewater Fiesta netted Kelly more than $800,000 in winnings, despite retiring relatively early after injuries plagued the mare following the fall at the 2001 NFR.
—Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 19 Jan. 2025
Around her are two other mares with their foals snuggling up to them.
—James Russell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 June 2024
Horse racing’s biggest star closes from dead last, but Blame holds off the 6-year-old mare and wins the $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic under the lights Churchill Downs.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2024
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What grown men forced this sweet mare to do was an unnatural activity that triggered her demise.
—U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Feb. 2025
Firewater Fiesta netted Kelly more than $800,000 in winnings, despite retiring relatively early after injuries plagued the mare following the fall at the 2001 NFR.
—Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 19 Jan. 2025
Around her are two other mares with their foals snuggling up to them.
—James Russell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 June 2024
Horse racing’s biggest star closes from dead last, but Blame holds off the 6-year-old mare and wins the $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic under the lights Churchill Downs.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2024
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“Mare.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mare. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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