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What is the noun for incubuses?

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incubus
  1. A feeling of oppression during sleep, sleep paralysis; night terrors, a nightmare.
  2. (by extension) Any oppressive thing or person; a burden.
  3. (entomology) One of various of parasitic insects, especially subfamily Aphidiinae.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “Has anyone had any experiences with what might be considered a succubus or incubus?”
      “Like an incubus, it sucks all the economic resources of the world, and robs it of the best talent.”
      “In the Old Testament the incubus was viewed as a voluptuous being eager to mate with women.”
incuba
  1. (nonce word) A female incubus.
incubi
  1. plural of incubus
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Soon it was thought incubi produced children through the demonic version of the Virgin Birth.”
      “Most early accounts of incubi involved nuns as victims, although there were also virtuous women and priests.”
      “Later in the Middle Ages, of course, these incubi were believed to have an independent existence.”
incubuses
incubae
  1. plural of incuba
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