See thallus on Wiktionary
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "thallus",
"word": "telep"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"lang_code": "io",
"sense": "thallus",
"word": "talo"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "thallus",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tallo"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "thallus",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "plecha"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"lang_code": "scn",
"sense": "thallus",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "taḍḍu"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"lang_code": "vo",
"sense": "thallus",
"word": "talut"
}
],
"word": "thallus"
}
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