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@@ -3808,7 +3808,7 @@ tengu
 	legend.  Part bird and part man, with red beak for a nose
 	and flashing eyes, the tengu was notorious for stirring up
 	feuds and prolonging enmity between families.  Indeed, the
-	belligerent tengus were supposed to have been man's first
+	belligerent tengu were supposed to have been man's first
 	instructors in the use of arms.
 	[ Mythical Beasts, by Deirdre Headon (The Leprechaun Library) ]
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