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av•a•tar
Pronunciation: (av'u-tär", av"u-tär'), [key]—
n.
1. Hindu Myth.the descent of a deity to the earth in an incarnate form or some manifest shape; the incarnation of a god.
2. an embodiment or personification, as of a principle, attitude, or view of life.
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