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"2": "#s"
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"expansion": "ankh m (plural ankhs)",
"name": "pt-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Portuguese countable nouns",
"Portuguese entries with incorrect language header",
"Portuguese lemmas",
"Portuguese masculine nouns",
"Portuguese nouns",
"Portuguese terms spelled with K"
],
"glosses": [
"ankh (cross shaped like a T with a loop at the top)"
],
"links": [
[
"ankh",
"ankh#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
}
],
"word": "ankh"
}
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