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"word": "could eat the crotch out of a low flying duck"
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"word": "crotch area"
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"word": "crotch chain"
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"word": "crotch critter"
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"word": "crotch down"
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"word": "crotch dropping"
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"word": "crotch-dropping"
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"word": "crotch dumpling"
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"word": "crotch fruit"
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"word": "crotch goblin"
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"word": "crotch rocket"
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"word": "crotch rot"
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"word": "crotch seam"
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"word": "crotch spawn"
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"word": "crotch tent"
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"word": "drop crotch"
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"word": "drop-crotch"
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"word": "finger crotch"
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"word": "fire crotch"
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"word": "fire-crotch"
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"word": "lightning crotch"
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"word": "snap crotch"
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"word": "split crotch"
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"word": "swamp crotch"
}
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"t": "crutch"
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"etymology_text": "Of disputed origin; two possibilities seem likely:\n* From Middle English croche, variant of crucche (“crutch”); compare crook.\n* From Middle English croche, variant of crouche (“cross, crozier”).",
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"text": "There is a child sitting in a crotch of that tree.",
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"The area where something forks or branches, a ramification takes place."
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[
"fork",
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[
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"ramification"
]
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"sense": "area where something forks",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"sense": "area where something forks",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"tags": [
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{
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "chà",
"sense": "area where something forks",
"word": "岔"
},
{
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yāchà",
"sense": "area where something forks",
"word": "丫叉"
},
{
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"roman": "fēnchā",
"sense": "area where something forks",
"word": "分叉"
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"sense": "area where something forks",
"tags": [
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"word": "forgrening"
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"tags": [
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"word": "vejgaffel"
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"sense": "area where something forks",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "aftakking"
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"sense": "area where something forks",
"word": "vork"
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "area where something forks",
"word": "akselo"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "area where something forks",
"word": "haara"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "area where something forks",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "fourche"
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "area where something forks",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "galla"
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "area where something forks",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "galladura"
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"sense": "area where something forks",
"tags": [
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"word": "forcadura"
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"sense": "area where something forks",
"tags": [
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"word": "cibamento"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "area where something forks",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Gabelung"
},
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"_dis1": "66 25 3 2 4",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "area where something forks",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Verzweigung"
},
{
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "area where something forks",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Astgabel"
},
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "dichála",
"sense": "area where something forks",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "διχάλα"
},
{
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"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "area where something forks",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gabhal"
},
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"sense": "area where something forks",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "biforcazione"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "area where something forks",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "diramazione"
},
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"alt": "また",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "mata",
"sense": "area where something forks",
"word": "叉"
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"sense": "area where something forks",
"tags": [
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"word": "bifurcum"
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"code": "no",
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"sense": "area where something forks",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "forgrening"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "area where something forks",
"tags": [
"neuter"
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"word": "rozwidlenie"
},
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"sense": "area where something forks",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "rozstaj"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "area where something forks",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "forquilha"
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "area where something forks",
"tags": [
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"word": "bifurcação"
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{
"_dis1": "66 25 3 2 4",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "area where something forks",
"word": "ramificação"
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"sense": "area where something forks",
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"word": "Y"
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "razvílka",
"sense": "area where something forks",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "разви́лка"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "razvetvlénije",
"sense": "area where something forks",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "разветвле́ние"
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"roman": "vílka",
"sense": "area where something forks",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "ви́лка"
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"sense": "area where something forks",
"tags": [
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"sense": "area where something forks",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gobhal"
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"english": "tree",
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"sense": "area where something forks",
"word": "horqueta"
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"sense": "area where something forks",
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"sense": "area where something forks",
"word": "förgrening"
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"code": "uk",
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"roman": "vidhalúžennja",
"sense": "area where something forks",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "відгалу́ження"
},
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"sense": "area where something forks",
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"roman": "rozdorížžja",
"sense": "area where something forks",
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"word": "роздорі́жжя"
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"text": "Every mile they rode their crotches felt worse saddlepain.",
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}
],
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"The ventral area (very bottom) of the human body between where the legs fork from the torso, in the area of the genitals and anus."
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[
"anus",
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "čatal",
"sense": "area of a person’s body",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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"code": "ca",
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"sense": "area of a person’s body",
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"word": "engonal"
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"sense": "area of a person’s body",
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"word": "entrecuix"
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{
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"sense": "area of a person’s body",
"word": "maxactli"
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{
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"code": "cs",
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"sense": "area of a person’s body",
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"word": "rozkrok"
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"code": "da",
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"sense": "area of a person’s body",
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{
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"code": "fi",
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"word": "haaraväli"
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"sense": "area of a person’s body",
"tags": [
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"sense": "area of a person’s body",
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"word": "Schritt"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "area of a person’s body",
"tags": [
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"tags": [
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"code": "el",
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"roman": "kaválos",
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"tags": [
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"sense": "area of a person’s body",
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"code": "he",
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{
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"code": "is",
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "area of a person’s body",
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"sense": "area of a person’s body",
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"word": "俣"
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"word": "kelangkang"
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"sense": "area of a person’s body",
"word": "tapa o te kūhā"
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"code": "ota",
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"sense": "area of a person’s body",
"word": "فرج"
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"sense": "area of a person’s body",
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"word": "krocze"
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "area of a person’s body",
"tags": [
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"word": "virilha"
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"_dis1": "25 66 9 0 0",
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "area of a person’s body",
"tags": [
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"word": "entreperna"
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "proméžnostʹ",
"sense": "area of a person’s body",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "проме́жность"
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"roman": "pax",
"sense": "area of a person’s body",
"tags": [
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"word": "пах"
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"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "area of a person’s body",
"tags": [
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"word": "gobhal"
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{
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"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "area of a person’s body",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "rozkrok"
},
{
"_dis1": "25 66 9 0 0",
"code": "es",
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"sense": "area of a person’s body",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "entrepierna"
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"code": "sv",
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"sense": "area of a person’s body",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
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"word": "skrev"
},
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"tags": [
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],
"word": "gren"
},
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "paxvýna",
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"code": "gl",
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"feminine"
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"code": "gl",
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"code": "de",
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"feminine"
],
"word": "Gabelung"
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"code": "de",
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"code": "el",
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"feminine"
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"code": "ga",
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"masculine"
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"code": "it",
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"feminine"
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"word": "biforcazione"
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{
"code": "it",
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"code": "la",
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"neuter"
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"code": "no",
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"word": "forgrening"
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"code": "pl",
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"code": "pl",
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"code": "pt",
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"word": "forquilha"
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"code": "pt",
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"code": "pt",
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"code": "ru",
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"feminine"
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"word": "разви́лка"
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{
"code": "ru",
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"code": "ru",
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"code": "gd",
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"code": "es",
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"code": "sv",
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{
"code": "sv",
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"code": "uk",
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"sense": "area where something forks",
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"neuter"
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"code": "uk",
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"code": "ca",
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"code": "nci",
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"code": "da",
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"code": "eo",
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"code": "fi",
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"code": "fr",
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"code": "gl",
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"feminine"
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"code": "de",
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"word": "Schritt"
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"code": "el",
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"code": "grc",
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{
"code": "he",
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"code": "id",
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"code": "ga",
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"code": "it",
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{
"alt": "また",
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{
"code": "ms",
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{
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "area of a person’s body",
"word": "tapa o te kūhā"
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{
"code": "mi",
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{
"code": "no",
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"code": "no",
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"code": "pt",
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"word": "virilha"
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"code": "pt",
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"word": "entreperna"
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"code": "ru",
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"feminine"
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{
"code": "ru",
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"code": "gd",
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"code": "sk",
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"code": "sv",
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"code": "sv",
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"code": "uk",
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"ref": "2008, Patrick Blennerhassett, Monument, page 182",
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"ref": "2014, Ryan Patrick Sullivan, Mrs. O'Leary's Cow, page 107",
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"ref": "2020, Charles A. Sennewald, Curtis Baillie, Effective Security Management, page 136",
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"ref": "2015, James Dixon, Bob Dahlstrom, Benjamin Richardson, The Nitro Files: 1995, page 10",
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{
"ref": "2013, Steven Johnson, Greg Oliver, Mike Mooneyham, The Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame: Heroes and Icons",
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"ref": "1864, William N. Brady, The Kedge-anchor, Or Young Sailor's Assistant, page 192",
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"ref": "1907, H.R. Stiles, “Notes on Rigging”, in Thomas Fleming Day, editor, The Rudder, volume 18, page 611",
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"ref": "1969, Yachting - Volume 125, page 319",
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"ref": "1935, United States. National Park Service. Branch of forestry, Tree Preservation Bulletin - Issues 1-9, page 9",
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"ref": "1955, A. Robert Thompson, Rope, Knots and Climbing, page 11",
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"ref": "1999, Robert H. Griffin, Safety and Health Requirements Manual: U.S. Army Corps, page 563",
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"ref": "1948 April 27, “Production and Marketing Administration”, in Federal Register, volume 13, page 2265",
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"ref": "2011, Andrew Krivak ·, The Sojourn",
"text": "My father crotched the ewes before they gave birth, and then played midwife to entire flocks once they started lambing in late April, often with the help of Rusyn peasants who knew just when to show up every year and who seemed fond of my tall, independent father.",
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"ref": "2013, Reginald Wells, At Daytrap: Tales from a farmhouse at Daytrap",
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"ref": "2014, Tamara McKinley, Matilda's Last Waltz",
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/83/En-us-crotch.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"word": "crotch"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.