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motus

motus is the plural of motu.

Meaning of motu

Noun (1)

motu (plural motus)

  1. A reef islet formed by broken coral and sand, surrounding an atoll.

Noun (2)

motu (uncountable)

  1. (New Zealand) Country, nation, particularly New Zealand.
    • The peanut-shaped roundabout while unusual, is not the only one in New Zealand, with a few others scattered around the motu.2026 May 20, Rawan Saadi, Radio New Zealand

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Phrases with motus

Questions about motus

What is motus the plural of?
Motus is the plural of motu.

Words near motus in the dictionary

  1. motuporin
  2. moturfa
  3. moturfas
  4. moturpha
  5. moturphas
  6. motus
  7. motus peculiaris
  8. MOTW
  9. Motyka
  10. Motykas
  11. Motz

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Adapted from Wiktionary: motus (page history and authors); motu (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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