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o•ro  (ô′rô),USA pronunciation n. [Spanish.]
  1. Foreign Termsgold.

oro-1 ,
  1. Geographya combining form meaning "mountain,'' used in the formation of compound words:orography.
  • Greek, combining form of óros

oro-2 ,
  1. a combining form meaning "mouth,'' used in the formation of compound words:oropharynx.
  • comb. representing Latin ōs, stem ōr-

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
oro-
  1. mountain: orogeny, orography
Etymology: from Greek oros
oro-
  1. oral; mouth: oromaxillary
Etymology: from Latin, from ōs
'oro' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Cagayan de Oro - Comoro Islands - Dakhla - Polisario - Río de Oro - Western Sahara - clemastine fumarate - flucytosine - fluphenazine - oro y plata - oro- - orogen - orogeny - orography - orometer - oronasal - oropendola - oropharynx

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