See prehistoric on Wiktionary
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"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "outdated",
"word": "préhistorique"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"lang_code": "gl",
"sense": "outdated",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "prehistórico"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "outdated",
"word": "prehistórico"
}
],
"word": "prehistoric"
}
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