transcription, транскрипция: [ feɪb(ə)l ]
( fables)
1.
A fable is a story which teaches a moral lesson. Fables sometimes have animals as the main characters.
...the fable of the tortoise and the hare...
Each tale has the timeless quality of fable.
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2.
You can describe a statement or explanation that is untrue but that many people believe as fable .
Is reincarnation fact or fable?
...little-known horticultural facts and fables.
= myth
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