See Nereis on Wiktionary
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"english": "family",
"sense": "genus",
"tags": [
"class"
],
"translation": "family",
"word": "Polychaeta"
},
{
"english": "subclass",
"sense": "genus",
"translation": "subclass",
"word": "Errantia"
},
{
"english": "order",
"sense": "genus",
"translation": "order",
"word": "Phyllodocida"
},
{
"english": "family",
"sense": "genus",
"translation": "family",
"word": "Nereididae"
}
],
"hyponyms": [
{
"english": "type species",
"sense": "genus",
"translation": "type species",
"word": "Nereis pelagica"
}
],
"lang": "Translingual",
"lang_code": "mul",
"pos": "name",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Translingual entries with incorrect language header",
"Translingual lemmas",
"Translingual proper nouns",
"Translingual terms borrowed from Latin",
"Translingual terms derived from Ancient Greek",
"Translingual terms derived from Latin",
"mul:Taxonomic names (genus)"
],
"glosses": [
"A taxonomic genus within the family Nereididae – certain polychaete worms."
],
"links": [
[
"genus",
"genus#English"
],
[
"family",
"family#English"
],
[
"Nereididae",
"Nereididae#Translingual"
],
[
"polychaete",
"polychaete"
],
[
"worm",
"worm"
]
],
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
}
],
"word": "Nereis"
}
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