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A made-up name. where he notes that Mowgli does not mean 'frog' in any language known to him.

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Mowgli is the name given to the main character in Rudyard Kipling's "The Jungle Book." The name likely originates from the word "Mowgli" in Hindi, which means "frog." Mowgli is a feral child raised by wolves in the jungle.

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