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"word": "ди́кий"
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"(of an animal) Wild but descended from domestic or captive ancestors."
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"ref": "2005, Alexandra Powe Allred, Cats' Most Wanted: The Top 10 Book of Mysterious Mousers, Talented Tabbies, and Feline Oddities, unnumbered page",
"text": "Traffic, abuse, inhumane traps, and accidental poisoning are other hazards ferals must face.[…]In England one gamekeeper claimed to have killed over three hundred ferals, while another brought home pelts to his wife so that she could design rugs from cat skins as a source of secondary income.",
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"ref": "2011, Gina Spadafori, Paul D. Pion, Cats for Dummies, unnumbered page",
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"word": "野生的"
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"word": "野生"
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"word": "ไม่เชื่อง"
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"text": "Traffic, abuse, inhumane traps, and accidental poisoning are other hazards ferals must face.[…]In England one gamekeeper claimed to have killed over three hundred ferals, while another brought home pelts to his wife so that she could design rugs from cat skins as a source of secondary income.",
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"ref": "1995, Bill Metcalf, From Utopian Dreaming to Communal Reality: Cooperative Lifestyles in Australia, page 82",
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"ref": "2010, Anna Krien, Into The Woods: The Battle For Tasmania's Forests, page 102",
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"rhymes": "-ɛɹəl"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪəɹəl"
},
{
"homophone": "ferryl"
},
{
"homophone": "Farrell (Mary–marry–merry merger)"
},
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}
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"English terms derived from Latin",
"English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"English terms derived from Proto-Italic",
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"en:Furry fandom",
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"4": "",
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}
],
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{
"form": "more feral",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
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"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
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"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"Deadly, fatal."
],
"links": [
[
"Deadly",
"deadly"
],
[
"fatal",
"fatal"
]
]
},
{
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],
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]
]
}
],
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}
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{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "LL.",
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},
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"name": "bor"
},
{
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"2": "la",
"3": "ferus",
"4": "",
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},
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"2": "fiero",
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}
],
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"form": "ferales",
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"feminine",
"masculine",
"plural"
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}
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"word": "fiero"
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"Spanish lemmas",
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"ipa": "/feˈɾal/"
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{
"ipa": "[feˈɾal]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-al"
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