Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Mud poured out from a volcano during the time of an eruption.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Mud poured out from volcanoes during eruptions; -- so called in South America.
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Examples
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Joaquin Moya, cantant del grup de tangos Cambalache.
Nits a l’Ã tic: De la meva guitarra a l’iTunes | [bauen] 2009
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I would have preferred Serenity, or even Cowboy Bebop in a pinch, but Moya is fine with me:
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Moya is unbeaten in all nine matches so far in 2004 and won the Tata Open at Madras, India, last week.
USATODAY.com - Davenport forfeits Sydney semi, Open status up in air 2004
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• No. 4 Carlos Moya is the only other man with two clay titles this year, and he won the 1998 French Open (his lone major title, by the way).
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An astronaut is sucked into a wormhole and ends up breaking out of prison and being ensconced on a living spaceship called Moya with the usual ragtag group of compatriots, many of them created by Jim Henson's Creature Workshop.
Michael Giltz: DVDs: "West Side Story" (Almost) Perfect In New BluRay Set Michael Giltz 2011
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But if a living ship called Moya, a small green Yoda-looking guy and a huge warrior with head tails show up, it will be awkward.
worlds in a grain of sand Andrew 2005
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Clay-court specialists such as Moya and French Open champion Juan Carlos Ferrero of Spain — who equaled his best showing here by reaching the fourth round — aren't the only ones who have developed games well-suited to the medium-fast pace at the National Tennis Center.
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At the destruction of Riobamba, in the year 1797, when the shocks were not attended by any outbreak of the neighboring volcano, a singular mass called the 'Moya' was uplifted from the earth in numerous continuous conical elevations, the whole being composed of carbon, crystals of augite, and the silicious shields of infusoria.
COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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But I doubt it's "Moya" that is far too dark for what's being described and not "trippy" enough?
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As a longtime peace negotiator in Mindanao, Moya has firsthand experience of how these disputes over land and other local issues affect peace negotiations between the MILF and the Philippine government.
Philippines Local Disputes Complicate Peace Talks with Separatists 2011
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