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A child secretly exchanged for another in infancy
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changeling
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
Changeling , in comics , may refer to: Beast Boy , a DC Comics superhero who used the codename "Changeling" for a period during his membership in the Teen Titans Changeling (Marvel Comics) , a supervillain who later joined the X-Men
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Changeling \Change"ling\, a. Taken or left in place of another; changed. ``A little changeling boy.'' --Shak. Given to change; inconstant. [Obs.] Some are so studiously changeling. --Boyle.
Usage examples of changeling.
When the cubs are able to integrate their minds and bodies at a new level of awareness they become Changelings.
I should eat the searfruit after the cubs have become Changelings, would you help me?
At first Selena thought that Shimm had outdistanced the other life units, but then she realized that the Changelings were stationing themselves along the passageway to sec that the cubs came to no harm.
To conceive, raise, and control two cubs takes the total effort of four Changelings.
For I am a changeling, born of the troll-woman Gora by Imric, and left in place of the baby who became Skafloc.
In this case, Shakespeare mistakenly refers to the stolen normal child as the changeling.
I dreamed that Vrech carried Wylles to the upperworld and brought a changeling down.
Apparently the Changelings did not classify life by physical structure, but by degree of awareness.
Selena and the Changelings grappled with their limited ability to communicate until all five were tired.
With Selena firmly settled, Shimm led the Changelings across the small life zone to the edge of the rocks where a large patch of die silvery manna grew.
The Changelings increased their pace with the additional light until the passageway widened into a bell-shaped chamber festooned with lambent strings of vegetation.
The Changelings were in fusion, their opalescent eyes fixed upon the remaining manna.
She sensed a flow of energy from Changelings to manna and was reminded of the strength which Shimm had once given to her.
Instantly the Changelings defended the cub, tails lashing like whips as they sought to pierce the leathery skin of the torlen with poison darts.
Several Changelings moved slowly across the cavern, gathering dead torlen.