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   Moreau River
         n 1: a river that rises in western South Dakota and flows
               eastward to the Missouri River

English Dictionary: Murray River by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Moro reflex
n
  1. a normal reflex of young infants; a sudden loud noise causes the child to stretch out the arms and flex the legs
    Synonym(s): startle reflex, Moro reflex
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Murray River
n
  1. a southeast Australian river; flows westward and then south into the Indian Ocean at Adelaide
    Synonym(s): Murray, Murray River
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mirror \Mir"ror\, n. [OE. mirour, F. miroir, OF. also mireor,
      fr. (assumed) LL. miratorium, fr. mirare to look at, L.
      mirari to wonder. See {Marvel}, and cf. {Miracle},
      {Mirador}.]
      1. A looking-glass or a speculum; any glass or polished
            substance that forms images by the reflection of rays of
            light.
  
                     And in her hand she held a mirror bright, Wherein
                     her face she often view[8a]d fair.      --Spenser.
  
      2. That which gives a true representation, or in which a true
            image may be seen; hence, a pattern; an exemplar.
  
                     She is mirour of all courtesy.            --Chaucer.
  
                     O goddess, heavenly bright, Mirror of grace and
                     majesty divine.                                 --Spenser.
  
      3. (Zo[94]l.) See {Speculum}.
  
      {Mirror carp} (Zo[94]l.), a domesticated variety of the carp,
            having only three or fur rows of very large scales side.
           
  
      {Mirror plate}.
            (a) A flat glass mirror without a frame.
            (b) Flat glass used for making mirrors.
  
      {Mirror writing}, a manner or form of backward writing,
            making manuscript resembling in slant and order of letters
            the reflection of ordinary writing in a mirror. The
            substitution of this manner of writing for the common
            manner is a symptom of some kinds of nervous disease.
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