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"text": "Near-synonyms: merfur or merperson (piscine lower body), naga or lamia (serpentine lower body)"
},
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26,
30
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64,
68
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"text": "Tails and wings both greatly affect clothing choices, same with taur species.",
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"(furry fandom) A fictional creature, resembling a centaur, with the lower body of some four-or-more-legged animal and an upper body either of an anthropomorphic version of that same animal or (less commonly) of a human or another humanoid creature."
],
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"ipa": "/ˈtoɹ/",
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},
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},
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30
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68
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],
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"fandom"
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"fictional",
"fictional"
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"centaur",
"centaur"
],
[
"anthropomorphic",
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[
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"(furry fandom) A fictional creature, resembling a centaur, with the lower body of some four-or-more-legged animal and an upper body either of an anthropomorphic version of that same animal or (less commonly) of a human or another humanoid creature."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "merfur or merperson[piscine]] lower body>"
},
{
"word": "naga or lamia[serpentine]] lower body>"
}
],
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],
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"ipa": "/ˈtɔː/",
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},
{
"ipa": "/ˈtoɹ/",
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]
},
{
"homophone": "Tor"
},
{
"homophone": "tour (pour–poor merger)"
},
{
"homophone": "tar (some pronunciations)"
}
],
"word": "taur"
}
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