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# moro

proper noun (Moro); fragment

«moro» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Moro: a family name (surname) in Italian, Spanish and other languages. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moro/#m1)
2. The Moro: Muslim peoples of the southern Philippines. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moro/#m2)
3. Moro: a chocolate bar sold in New Zealand and Australia. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moro/#m3)
4. (medicine) The Moro reflex: a startle movement a newborn baby makes, throwing out its arms when it feels it is falling. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moro/#m4)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moro/#x1)
- When the baby got a fright, she threw her arms out — that's the Moro reflex. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moro/#x2)
- I bought a Moro bar at the dairy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moro/#x3)
- Mr Moro is our new music teacher. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moro/#x4)
- The Moro people live on islands in the southern Philippines. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moro/#x5)
- Newborns lose the Moro reflex after a few months. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moro/#x6)

### 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».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «moro» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moro/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«moro» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/moro.html) on Mova free.