Mare-fecunditatis
[fey-koo n-di-tah-tis, fee-] /feɪˌkʊn dɪˈtɑ tɪs, fi-/
noun
1.
(Sea of Fertility) a dark plain in the fourth quadrant and extending into the first quadrant of the face of the moon: about 160,000 sq. mi. (415,000 sq. km).
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