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"feminine"
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"word": "каза́рка белощёкая"
},
{
"code": "se",
"lang": "Northern Sami",
"lang_code": "se",
"sense": "Branta leucopsis",
"word": "vilgesnierčuonjá"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"lang_code": "gd",
"sense": "Branta leucopsis",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cathan"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"lang_code": "gd",
"sense": "Branta leucopsis",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "diùraide"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "Branta leucopsis",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "barnacla cariblanca"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "Branta leucopsis",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "barnacla"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "Branta leucopsis",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "vitkindad gås"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"lang_code": "tr",
"sense": "Branta leucopsis",
"word": "akbaş"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"lang_code": "tr",
"sense": "Branta leucopsis",
"word": "deniz kazı"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"lang_code": "cy",
"sense": "Branta leucopsis",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gŵydd wyran"
}
],
"word": "barnacle goose"
}
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