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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • proper noun (Sumerian and Akkadian mythology) A demon personifying death; messenger of the underworld goddess Ereshkigal bringing death to mankind.

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  • noun a demon personifying death; messenger of the underworld goddess Ereshkigal bringing death to mankind

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