See Hermelin on Wiktionary
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{
"args": {
"1": "m"
},
"expansion": "Hermelin m (strong, genitive Hermelins, plural Hermeline)",
"name": "de-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "m"
},
"name": "de-ndecl"
}
],
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"ermine (white fur of the ermine)"
],
"links": [
[
"ermine",
"ermine"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine",
"strong"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)"
],
"glosses": [
"A moth (Trichosea ludifica (Noctuidae spp.))"
],
"links": [
[
"Noctuidae",
"Noctuidae#Translingual"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "gelber Hermelin"
}
],
"tags": [
"masculine",
"strong"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/hɛʁməˈliːn/"
},
{
"audio": "De-Hermelin.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8d/De-Hermelin.ogg/De-Hermelin.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8d/De-Hermelin.ogg"
}
],
"word": "Hermelin"
}
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