See Mops on Wiktionary
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],
"etymology_text": "From Ancient Greek μῦς (mûs, “mouse”) + -ops (“eye; resembling”, from Ancient Greek ὄψ (óps)). Coined by French surgeon, naturalist, ornithologist, and herpetologist René Lesson in 1842.",
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"2": "proper noun",
"3": "",
"4": "",
"g": "m",
"g2": "",
"head": "Mops",
"nogendercat": "1"
},
"expansion": "Mops m",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Translingual",
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"pos": "name",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"mul:Taxonomic names (genus)"
],
"glosses": [
"A taxonomic genus within the family Molossidae – certain bats."
],
"links": [
[
"genus",
"genus#English"
],
[
"family",
"family#English"
],
[
"Molossidae",
"Molossidae#Translingual"
],
[
"bat",
"bat"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Entries using missing taxonomic name (subgenus)",
"mul:Taxonomic names (subgenus)"
],
"glosses": [
"A taxonomic subgenus within the family Molossidae – Mops (Mops)."
],
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"subgenus",
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],
[
"family",
"family#English"
],
[
"Molossidae",
"Molossidae#Translingual"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"enpr": "mŏps"
},
{
"ipa": "/mɒps/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/mɑps/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɒps"
}
],
"word": "Mops"
}
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