See blongios on Wiktionary
{
"etymology_text": "Introduced (as Blongio) by Mathurin Jacques Brisson, French naturalist, who did not indicate its origin. The only clue is that two of the specimens he used came from a Swiss collector, so the word might be of Swiss origin. The variant blongion appeared in the 19th century.",
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"1": "m"
},
"expansion": "blongios m (invariable)",
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}
],
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "French entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
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},
{
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "fr",
"name": "Herons",
"orig": "fr:Herons",
"parents": [],
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}
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "blongios à cou jaune"
},
{
"word": "blongios à dos noir"
},
{
"word": "blongios canelle"
},
{
"word": "blongios d'Australie"
},
{
"word": "blongios de Chine"
},
{
"word": "blongios de Schrenck"
},
{
"word": "blongios de Sturm"
},
{
"word": "blongios nain"
},
{
"word": "blongios varié"
},
{
"word": "butor blongios"
},
{
"word": "petit blongios"
}
],
"glosses": [
"bittern (bird of the family Ardeidae and genus Botaurus, specifically those species formerly in the genus Ixobrychus)"
],
"id": "en-blongios-fr-noun-Q2xIC-Mt",
"links": [
[
"bittern",
"bittern"
],
[
"Ardeidae",
"Ardeidae#Translingual"
],
[
"Botaurus",
"Botaurus#Translingual"
],
[
"Ixobrychus",
"Ixobrychus#Translingual"
]
],
"tags": [
"invariable",
"masculine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/blɔ̃.ʒjɔs/"
},
{
"ipa": "/blɔ̃.ʒjo/"
}
],
"word": "blongios"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"word": "blongios à cou jaune"
},
{
"word": "blongios à dos noir"
},
{
"word": "blongios canelle"
},
{
"word": "blongios d'Australie"
},
{
"word": "blongios de Chine"
},
{
"word": "blongios de Schrenck"
},
{
"word": "blongios de Sturm"
},
{
"word": "blongios nain"
},
{
"word": "blongios varié"
},
{
"word": "butor blongios"
},
{
"word": "petit blongios"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Introduced (as Blongio) by Mathurin Jacques Brisson, French naturalist, who did not indicate its origin. The only clue is that two of the specimens he used came from a Swiss collector, so the word might be of Swiss origin. The variant blongion appeared in the 19th century.",
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},
"expansion": "blongios m (invariable)",
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}
],
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
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"French countable nouns",
"French entries with incorrect language header",
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"French lemmas",
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"French nouns",
"French terms with IPA pronunciation",
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"Pages with entries",
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],
"glosses": [
"bittern (bird of the family Ardeidae and genus Botaurus, specifically those species formerly in the genus Ixobrychus)"
],
"links": [
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"bittern",
"bittern"
],
[
"Ardeidae",
"Ardeidae#Translingual"
],
[
"Botaurus",
"Botaurus#Translingual"
],
[
"Ixobrychus",
"Ixobrychus#Translingual"
]
],
"tags": [
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"masculine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/blɔ̃.ʒjɔs/"
},
{
"ipa": "/blɔ̃.ʒjo/"
}
],
"word": "blongios"
}
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