changeling

  1. Noun.  (mythology) In British, Irish and Scandinavian mythology, an infant of a fairy, sprite or troll that the creature has secretly exchanged for a human infant.
  2. Noun.  (informal, rare) An infant secretly exchanged with another infant.
  3. Noun.  (science fiction, and) An organism which can change shape to mimic others.

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