limbo
Definitions of limbo
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a border or edge of any of various body parts distinguished by color or structuretype of:estructura anatómicaa particular complex anatomical part of a living thing
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(theology) in Roman Catholicism, the place of unbaptized but innocent or righteous souls (such as infants and virtuous individuals)type of:lugar imagianarioa place that exists only in imagination; a place said to exist in fictional or religious writings
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an imaginary place for lost or neglected thingstype of:lugar imagianarioa place that exists only in imagination; a place said to exist in fictional or religious writings
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especially a leaf of grass or the broad portion of a leaf as distinct from the petiole
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Kindred
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