morro

/ ˈmorro; ˈmɒrəʊ /

noun

1. a rounded hill or promontory

Word History and Origins

Origin of morro¹

from Spanish

Example Sentences

In July, the California Energy Commission approved a plan for wind development that centers on deepwater wind farms off Morro Bay and Humboldt Bay, supported by new port facilities in Long Beach and Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times

Neither of those obstacles would necessarily halt all progress on California’s projects off Morro and Humboldt bays.

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Barbie Halaska, a necropsy specialist with the Marine Mammal Center, showed visitors the milk-rich tissue enveloping the single six-inch incisions she had made in the chests of six of the dead sea lions that had died at the Morro Bay center.

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Roughly 30% of the animals that have come to the center in this latest outbreak — which began at the end of July — have died, said Aliah Meza, operation manager of the Morro Bay field office.

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Lucille — as she was later named by the Marine Mammal Center’s Morro Bay field office — had barely registered her captors’ approach as the team of five animal rescue volunteers pounced on her.

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