See evolutionary theory on Wiktionary
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"word": "utviklingslære"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "theory of evolution",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "evolusjonsteori"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "theory of evolution",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "utviklingslære"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "theory of evolution",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "teoria ewolucji"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "theory of evolution",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "teoria da evolução"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "theory of evolution",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "teorie evoluționară"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "theory of evolution",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "teorie evoluțională"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "teórija evoljúcii",
"sense": "theory of evolution",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "тео́рия эволю́ции"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "theory of evolution",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "evolutionsteori"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "theory of evolution",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "utvecklingslära"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "theory of evolution",
"word": "huna ng kasunlaran"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "theory of evolution",
"word": "evrim teorisi"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"evolutionary theory"
],
"word": "evolutionary theory"
}
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