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"Terms with Belarusian translations",
"Terms with Finnish translations",
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"sense": "Terms derived from the adjective \"lesser\"",
"word": "lesser anteater"
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"word": "Lesser Antilles"
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"sense": "Terms derived from the adjective \"lesser\"",
"word": "lesser arcana"
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"sense": "Terms derived from the adjective \"lesser\"",
"word": "lesser auk"
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"word": "lesser baby innocence"
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"word": "lesser celandine"
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"word": "lesser moa"
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"word": "lesser omentum"
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"word": "lesser petrosal nerve"
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"sense": "Terms derived from the adjective \"lesser\"",
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"sense": "Terms derived from the adjective \"lesser\"",
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"sense": "Terms derived from the adjective \"lesser\"",
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"code": "it",
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