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"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "reproductive cell of the male",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sædcelle"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "espermâtozo'id",
"sense": "reproductive cell of the male",
"word": "اسپرماتوزئید"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "reproductive cell of the male",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "plemnik"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "reproductive cell of the male",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "spermatozoid"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "reproductive cell of the male",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "espermatozoide"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "reproductive cell of the male",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "spermatozoid"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "spermatozóid",
"sense": "reproductive cell of the male",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "сперматозо́ид"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "reproductive cell of the male",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cealla-sìl"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "reproductive cell of the male",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "espermatozoide"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "reproductive cell of the male",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "spermie"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "reproductive cell of the male",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "sädescell"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "reproductive cell of the male",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "spermatozo"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "reproductive cell of the male",
"word": "tinh trùng"
}
],
"word": "spermatozoon"
}
{
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "spermatozoon",
"name": "eo-head"
}
],
"lang": "Esperanto",
"lang_code": "eo",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Esperanto entries with incorrect language header",
"Esperanto non-lemma forms",
"Esperanto noun forms"
],
"form_of": [
{
"word": "spermatozoo"
}
],
"glosses": [
"accusative singular of spermatozoo"
],
"links": [
[
"spermatozoo",
"spermatozoo#Esperanto"
]
],
"tags": [
"accusative",
"form-of",
"singular"
]
}
],
"word": "spermatozoon"
}
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