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Meaning:

Noun:

  • An adult female horse.
  • now|_|obsolete|_|except|_|dialectal A type of evil spirit thought to sit on the chest of a sleeping person; also the feeling of suffocation felt during sleep; a nightmare.
  • planetology A dark, large circular plain; a ?sea?.
  • planetology On Saturn's moon Titan, a large expanse of what is thought to be liquid hydrocarbons.
  • colloquial (Shortening of nightmare) A nightmare; a frustrating or terrible experience.
  • slang A foolish woman.

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