apologue
a short moral story (often with animal characters) • Syn: fable, parable, allegory • Derivationally related forms: allegorical (for: allegory), allegorize (for: allegory), allegorise (for: allegory), parabolic (for: parable), parabolical (for: parable), fabulous (for: fable), fabulist (for: fable) • Hypernyms: story • Hyponyms: Aesop's fables • Instance Hyponyms: Pilgrim's Progress
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