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"ref": "2021 November 12, Dan Shive, El Goonish Shive (webcomic), Comic for Friday, Nov 12, 2021:",
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"ref": "2022 June 17, Michelle Goldberg, “The Future Isn’t Female Anymore”, in The New York Times:",
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"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "ondhobindu",
"sense": "place where the optic nerve attaches to the retina",
"word": "অন্ধবিন্দু"
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"sense": "place where the optic nerve attaches to the retina",
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"word": "poent dall"
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"code": "br",
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"sense": "place where the optic nerve attaches to the retina",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "brizhenn dall"
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "place where the optic nerve attaches to the retina",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "punt cec"
},
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "place where the optic nerve attaches to the retina",
"word": "盲點"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "mángdiǎn",
"sense": "place where the optic nerve attaches to the retina",
"word": "盲点"
},
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "place where the optic nerve attaches to the retina",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "slepá skvrna"
},
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "place where the optic nerve attaches to the retina",
"word": "sokea piste"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "place where the optic nerve attaches to the retina",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "point aveugle"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "place where the optic nerve attaches to the retina",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tache aveugle"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "place where the optic nerve attaches to the retina",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "blinder Fleck"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "place where the optic nerve attaches to the retina",
"word": "vakfolt"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "place where the optic nerve attaches to the retina",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "caochspota"
},
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"alt": "もうてん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "mōten",
"sense": "place where the optic nerve attaches to the retina",
"word": "盲点"
},
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"alt": "盲點",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "maengjeom",
"sense": "place where the optic nerve attaches to the retina",
"word": "맹점"
},
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"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "place where the optic nerve attaches to the retina",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "xala kor"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "place where the optic nerve attaches to the retina",
"word": "titik buta"
},
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "place where the optic nerve attaches to the retina",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "plamka ślepa"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "place where the optic nerve attaches to the retina",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "plamka Mariotte'a"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "place where the optic nerve attaches to the retina",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "ponto cego"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "slepóje pjatnó",
"sense": "place where the optic nerve attaches to the retina",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "слепо́е пятно́"
},
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"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "place where the optic nerve attaches to the retina",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "spot dall"
},
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "place where the optic nerve attaches to the retina",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "punto ciego"
},
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "place where the optic nerve attaches to the retina",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "papila optica"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "place where the optic nerve attaches to the retina",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "mancha ciega"
},
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"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "place where the optic nerve attaches to the retina",
"word": "điểm mù"
},
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"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "place where the optic nerve attaches to the retina",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "dallbwynt"
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"alt": "zāwiya(t) mayyita",
"code": "ar",
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"sense": "part of the road/railway track/tramway track that cannot be seen",
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"feminine"
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"word": "زاوِية مَيِّتة"
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"code": "afb",
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"sense": "part of the road/railway track/tramway track that cannot be seen",
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"feminine"
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"word": "زاوية ميتة"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "part of the road/railway track/tramway track that cannot be seen",
"word": "盲點"
},
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "mángdiǎn",
"sense": "part of the road/railway track/tramway track that cannot be seen",
"word": "盲点"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "sǐjiǎo",
"sense": "part of the road/railway track/tramway track that cannot be seen",
"word": "死角"
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"code": "nl",
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"sense": "part of the road/railway track/tramway track that cannot be seen",
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"masculine"
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"word": "dode hoek"
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"code": "nl",
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"sense": "part of the road/railway track/tramway track that cannot be seen",
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"masculine"
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"word": "blinde hoek"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "part of the road/railway track/tramway track that cannot be seen",
"word": "kuollut kulma"
},
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "part of the road/railway track/tramway track that cannot be seen",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "angle mort"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "part of the road/railway track/tramway track that cannot be seen",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "toter Winkel"
},
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "part of the road/railway track/tramway track that cannot be seen",
"word": "holttér"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "part of the road/railway track/tramway track that cannot be seen",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "punto cieco"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "part of the road/railway track/tramway track that cannot be seen",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "angolo morto"
},
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"alt": "もうてん",
"code": "ja",
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"roman": "mōten",
"sense": "part of the road/railway track/tramway track that cannot be seen",
"word": "盲点"
},
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"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "part of the road/railway track/tramway track that cannot be seen",
"word": "titik buta"
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"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "part of the road/railway track/tramway track that cannot be seen",
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"masculine"
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"word": "dødvinkel"
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"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "part of the road/railway track/tramway track that cannot be seen",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "blindsone"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "part of the road/railway track/tramway track that cannot be seen",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "martwe pole"
},
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "part of the road/railway track/tramway track that cannot be seen",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ponto cego"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "slepája zóna",
"sense": "part of the road/railway track/tramway track that cannot be seen",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "слепа́я зо́на"
},
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"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "part of the road/railway track/tramway track that cannot be seen",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "spot dall"
},
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "part of the road/railway track/tramway track that cannot be seen",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "punto ciego"
},
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "part of the road/railway track/tramway track that cannot be seen",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ángulo muerto"
},
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "part of the road/railway track/tramway track that cannot be seen",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "död vinkel"
},
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "inability to recognize a fact or think clearly",
"word": "盲點"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "mángdiǎn",
"sense": "inability to recognize a fact or think clearly",
"word": "盲点"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "inability to recognize a fact or think clearly",
"word": "sokea piste"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "inability to recognize a fact or think clearly",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "aveuglement"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "inability to recognize a fact or think clearly",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Blindheit"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "subject beyond one’s certain knowledge",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "inconnu"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "location with poor radio service",
"word": "katve"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "location with poor radio service",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "zone blanche"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "location with poor radio service",
"tags": [
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"word": "Funkloch"
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"blind spot"
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"word": "blind spot"
}
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