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Definition of Aesop's Fables from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Aesop's Fables

 
/ˌiːsɒps ˈfeɪblz/
 
/ˌiːsɑːps ˈfeɪblz/
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  1. a collection of short stories about animals which behave in a human way. Each story teaches a moral lesson. They are said to be by a Greek called Aesop who lived in the 6th century BC, but many of them are much older than this. Well-known stories include The Tortoise and the Hare and The Fox and the Grapes.
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