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anubis
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun anubis has 1 sense
- anubis(n = noun.person) anpu - Egyptian god of tombs and ruler of the underworld; usually depicted as a man with the head of a jackal; Array is a kind of egyptian deity
CIDE DICTIONARY
anubis, n. [L.].
An Egyptian deity, the conductor of departed spirits to judgment, represented by a human figure with the head of a jackal, dog or fox. [1913 Webster]
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