See forebrain on Wiktionary
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"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"lang_code": "cy",
"sense": "part of the brain",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "blaen-ymennydd"
}
],
"word": "forebrain"
}
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