mascaron

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  A carved, ornamental face, usually human, sometimes frightening or chimeric whose alleged function was originally to frighten away evil spirits so that they would not enter the building.

Translations

 * Catalan:
 * Czech: maskaron
 * Danish: maskaron
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: maskarono
 * Finnish: maskaroni
 * French:
 * German: Maskaron, Fratzenkopf
 * Italian:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  mascaron

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