"hidebehind" meaning in English

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        "1": "en",
        "2": "hide",
        "3": "behind"
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      "expansion": "hide + behind",
      "name": "compound"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From hide + behind.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hidebehinds",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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      "expansion": "hidebehind (plural hidebehinds)",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Mythological creatures",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1939, Henry Harrington Tryon, Fearsome critters:",
          "text": "The Hidebehind is never found in the open. He always conceals himself behind a tree trunk.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1984, John Wood Campbell, editor, Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact:",
          "text": "She meets sirens and sea serpents and hidebehinds, wicked kings and repulsive recluses, capitalist magicians and seven-league boots and magic pomegranates.",
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        }
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        "A creature in United States folklore that may be glimpsed but never seen clearly."
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          "glimpse",
          "glimpse"
        ]
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "hidebehind"
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  "word": "hidebehind"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "hide",
        "3": "behind"
      },
      "expansion": "hide + behind",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From hide + behind.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hidebehinds",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "hidebehind (plural hidebehinds)",
      "name": "en-noun"
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  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "ref": "1939, Henry Harrington Tryon, Fearsome critters:",
          "text": "The Hidebehind is never found in the open. He always conceals himself behind a tree trunk.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1984, John Wood Campbell, editor, Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact:",
          "text": "She meets sirens and sea serpents and hidebehinds, wicked kings and repulsive recluses, capitalist magicians and seven-league boots and magic pomegranates.",
          "type": "quote"
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      ],
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        "A creature in United States folklore that may be glimpsed but never seen clearly."
      ],
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          "United States",
          "United States"
        ],
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          "folklore",
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        ],
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          "glimpse",
          "glimpse"
        ]
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "hidebehind"
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    }
  ],
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