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MAO

/maʊ̯/ · noun

Meaning

  1. Synonym of labret
  2. A branch of the Omotic languages spoken in Ethiopia.
  3. A fairy chess piece which moves identically to the xiangqi horse, moving one square orthogonally and then one square diagonally at a 135 degree angle. Similar to the chess knight, but has more limited movement as its movement can be obstructed by an intervening piece.
  4. Initialism of monoamine oxidase.
  5. The ma'oma'o, Gymnomyza samoensis, a large passerine bird native to Samoa.
  6. A card game, named after Mao Zedong, in which players attempt to shed all their cards without violating certain unspoken rules.
  7. A Sino-Tibetan language.
  8. A common surname from Chinese, from Mandarin, usually referring to Mao Zedong.

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