See ruffe on Wiktionary
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"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "fish of the genus Gymnocephalus",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "gärs"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "fish of the genus Gymnocephalus",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "snorgärs"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "fish of the genus Gymnocephalus",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "gers"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"lang_code": "uk",
"roman": "jorž",
"sense": "fish of the genus Gymnocephalus",
"word": "йорж"
},
{
"code": "vot",
"lang": "Votic",
"lang_code": "vot",
"sense": "fish of the genus Gymnocephalus",
"word": "joršši"
}
],
"word": "ruffe"
}
{
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "noun",
"var": "1"
},
"expansion": "ruffe",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "rof"
}
],
"categories": [
"Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
"Middle English variant lemmas",
"North Riding Middle English",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"alternative form of rof"
],
"links": [
[
"rof",
"rof#Middle_English"
]
],
"qualifier": "North Riding",
"raw_glosses": [
"(North Riding) alternative form of rof"
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative"
]
}
],
"word": "ruffe"
}
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