MARA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Mara mean? 

• MARA (noun)
  The noun MARA has 2 senses:

1. Hindu god of death; opposite of Kama

2. hare-like rodent of the pampas of Argentina

  Familiarity information: MARA used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MARA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Hindu god of death; opposite of Kama

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

Hindu deity (a deity worshipped by the Hindus)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Hare-like rodent of the pampas of Argentina

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Dolichotis patagonum; mara

Hypernyms ("mara" is a kind of...):

gnawer; rodent (relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing)

Holonyms ("mara" is a member of...):

Dolichotis; genus Dolichotis (maras)