moro

«moro» in Mova's school dictionary: Moro: a family name (surname) in Italian, Spanish and… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

proper noun (Moro); fragment

meaning for a pupil

1) Moro: a family name (surname) in Italian, Spanish and other languages. tree →

2) The Moro: Muslim peoples of the southern Philippines. tree →

3) Moro: a chocolate bar sold in New Zealand and Australia. tree →

4) (medicine) The Moro reflex: a startle movement a newborn baby makes, throwing out its arms when it feels it is falling. tree →

sense 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».

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «moro» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.