moro
proper noun (Moro); fragment
Everyday
- Moro: a family name (surname) in Italian, Spanish and other languages. tree →
- The Moro: Muslim peoples of the southern Philippines. tree →
- Moro: a chocolate bar sold in New Zealand and Australia. tree →
- (medicine) The Moro reflex: a startle movement a newborn baby makes, throwing out its arms when it feels it is falling. tree →
In the lessons
Not an everyday English common word. It appears as a name in stories or news, as a sweet's brand name in New Zealand, or in baby-care leaflets about the newborn startle reflex.
Examples
- The nurse showed us the baby's Moro reflex. tree →
- When the baby got a fright, she threw her arms out — that's the Moro reflex. tree →
- I bought a Moro bar at the dairy. tree →
- Mr Moro is our new music teacher. tree →
- The Moro people live on islands in the southern Philippines. tree →
- Newborns lose the Moro reflex after a few months. tree →
Note
Write with a capital M (a name). Not a common English word on its own; do not confuse with «moron» (a rude word for a stupid person) or «more».
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «moro» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «moro» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
This page in Markdown → https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/moro/