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Moat

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97%4Exact Match!
noun

• A pit, groove, cavity, or depression.

• A long, narrow, shallow depression on the body of an extraterrestrial body, such as a planet or moon.

• A carnivorous mammal endemic to Madagascar, Cryptoprocta ferox.

• A ditch or moat.

• Waterfall (permanent flow of water over the edge of a cliff).

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noun

• a tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing Edwardian style clothes

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noun

• ditch dug as a fortification and usually filled with water

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Source #Number Answer
New York Times12 Jul 1988 Down 50
New York Times31 Oct 1987 Across 43
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