fable (n)
parable (n)
allegory (n)
apologue (n)

n06372095

type n
lex_filenum 10
def a short moral story (often with animal characters)
Outgoing links
Hypernym story
Derivationally related form allegory → allegorical; allegory → allegorize; allegory → allegorize
Derivationally related form allegory → allegorise; allegory → allegorise
Derivationally related form parable → parabolic
Derivationally related form parable → parabolical
Derivationally related form fable → fabulous; fable → fabulist
Hyponym Aesop's fables
Instance Hyponym Pilgrim's Progress
Incoming links
Derivationally related form fabulous → fable; fabulist → fable
Derivationally related form allegorical → allegory; allegorize → allegory; allegorize → allegory
Derivationally related form parabolical → parable
Pertainym (pertains to noun) parabolical → parable
Derivationally related form parabolic → parable
Pertainym (pertains to noun) parabolic → parable
Hyponym story
Hypernym Aesop's fables
Instance Hypernym Pilgrim's Progress
Derivationally related form allegorise → allegory; allegorise → allegory

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