See muppet on Wiktionary
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"pl:American fiction",
"pl:Fictional characters",
"pl:Puppets"
],
"glosses": [
"Muppet (puppet in the style of Jim Henson's Muppets)"
],
"links": [
[
"Muppet",
"Muppet"
]
],
"tags": [
"animal-not-person",
"masculine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈma.pɛt/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-apɛt"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"english": "adapted",
"word": "mapet"
},
{
"word": "mupet"
}
],
"word": "muppet"
}
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