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noun
An usually malevolent, shape-shifting fox spirit, typically said to take the form of a beautiful woman to seduce men and eat their livers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: Korean mythology
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History
Borrowed from Korean 구미호 (gumiho, “nine-tailed fox”).
