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apologue definition

apo·logue (ap′ə lôg′, -läg′)

noun

Now Rare a short allegorical story with a moral; fable

Etymology: Fr < L apologus < Gr apologos

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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