Webster's English Dictionary

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mora

mo.ra \'mo-r-*, 'mo.r-\ \'mo-(*)r-(.)e-, 'mo.(*)r-, -.i-\ n or mo.rae or 
   moras [L, delay - more at MEMORY] pl  : the minimal unit of measure in 
   quantitative verse equivalent to the time  of an average short syllable