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],
"word": "Twix"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"english": "former name",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Raider"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"singular"
],
"word": "Twix"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"english": "former name",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"singular"
],
"word": "Raider"
},
{
"code": "vec",
"lang": "Venetian",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "Twix"
},
{
"code": "vec",
"english": "former name",
"lang": "Venetian",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "Raider"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "Twix"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"english": "former name",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "Raider"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "Twix"
},
{
"code": "yec",
"lang": "Yeniche",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "Twix"
},
{
"code": "yec",
"english": "former name",
"lang": "Yeniche",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "Raider"
}
],
"word": "Twix"
}
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