Mare Fecunditatis

[ fey-koon-di-tah-tis, fee- ]

/ feɪˌkʊn dɪˈtɑ tɪs, fi- /

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noun

(Sea of Fertility) a dark plain in the fourth quadrant and extending into the first quadrant of the face of the moon: about 160,000 sq. mi. (415,000 sq. km).

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Words nearby Mare Fecunditatis

Mare Chronium, Mare Cimmerium, mare clausum, Mare Crisium, Mare Erythraeum, Mare Fecunditatis, Mare Frigoris, Mare Humorum, Mare Imbrium, Mare Island, Marek's disease

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Captain Giuseppe Maggio described the nightmare situations the Mare Nostrum ships encounter.
Britain’s Let-Em-All-Die Policy|Nico Hines, Barbie Latza Nadeau|November 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Next came Dolly, after a big sorrel mare; and Paul, after a freckled pinto; and so on down the line.
Gay Talese on Charlie Manson’s Home on the Range|Gay Talese|October 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Since Mare Nostrum, more than 60 traffickers have been arrested when their boats were intercepted or rescued at sea.
Hundreds of Migrants are Reported Drowned by Traffickers Near Malta|Barbie Latza Nadeau|September 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But if Mare Nostrum ends, it could be a tragic day for migrants making the perilous crossing.
Are European Rescuers Enticing Migrants to Their Deaths?|Barbie Latza Nadeau|September 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST

The proposed Titan Mare Explorer (TiME), for example, would place a boat on either Ligeia Mare or Kraken Mare.
A Cloud Forms Over Saturn’s Mysterious Moon|Matthew R. Francis|August 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Bill Barry's statement that the cru-colored bovine was "lively" and could outrun his sorrel mare was, at least founded upon fact.
Dorothy at Skyrie|Evelyn Raymond
The assassin gallops away upon his mare, and seeks by night to cross the Rhone.
Frdric Mistral|Charles Alfred Downer
A handsome soldier on a restive bay mare came next, and behind him a huge touring car with a pompous black chauffeur.
The Sunbridge Girls at Six Star Ranch|Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman) Porter
Coming around the bluff from the opposite direction was a countryman mounted on a powerful gray mare.
Famous Adventures And Prison Escapes of the Civil War|Various
Kitty, the grey one-eyed mare, came and rubbed her nose against the black horse.
Menotah|Ernest G. Henham

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