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lair

noun [C usually singular]
 
 
/leər/ US  /ler/

Definition

a place where a wild animal lives, often underground and hidden, or a place where a person hides: a fox's lair the thieves' lairAnimal dwellings - naturalAnimal Dwellings - man-madeSafe and enclosed spaces
(Definition of lair noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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