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{
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"word": "chutney ferret"
},
{
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"word": "exercise the ferret"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "ferret-badger"
},
{
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"word": "ferret-legging"
},
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"word": "reverse ferret"
}
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},
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}
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"An often domesticated mammal (Mustela putorius furo) rather like a weasel, descended from the polecat and often trained to hunt burrowing animals."
],
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"Mustela putorius furo",
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[
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"masculine"
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"sense": "the mammal Mustela putorius furo",
"word": "ժանտաքիս"
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"word": "furón"
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"code": "eu",
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"sense": "the mammal Mustela putorius furo",
"word": "hudo"
},
{
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"roman": "txor",
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"word": "fured"
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "пор"
},
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"tags": [
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],
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{
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"masculine"
],
"word": "дома́шен пор"
},
{
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"sense": "the mammal Mustela putorius furo",
"word": "furó"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 43 0",
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"sense": "the mammal Mustela putorius furo",
"word": "fura"
},
{
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xuědiāo",
"sense": "the mammal Mustela putorius furo",
"word": "雪貂"
},
{
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"sense": "the mammal Mustela putorius furo",
"tags": [
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],
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},
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"word": "пача"
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"word": "furo"
},
{
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"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "the mammal Mustela putorius furo",
"word": "tuhkur"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 43 0",
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"sense": "the mammal Mustela putorius furo",
"word": "fretti"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 43 0",
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"sense": "the mammal Mustela putorius furo",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "furet"
},
{
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"sense": "the mammal Mustela putorius furo",
"word": "pudîs blanc"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 43 0",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "the mammal Mustela putorius furo",
"word": "furón"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 43 0",
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"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "the mammal Mustela putorius furo",
"word": "tourón"
},
{
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "krcvini",
"sense": "the mammal Mustela putorius furo",
"word": "ქრცვინი"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 43 0",
"code": "de",
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"sense": "the mammal Mustela putorius furo",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Frettchen"
},
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"sense": "the mammal Mustela putorius furo",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "κουνάβι"
},
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"sense": "the mammal Mustela putorius furo",
"tags": [
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],
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},
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"tags": [
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],
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},
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"sense": "the mammal Mustela putorius furo",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "חָמוֹס"
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"sense": "the mammal Mustela putorius furo",
"word": "vadászgörény"
},
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"word": "fureto"
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"sense": "the mammal Mustela putorius furo",
"word": "harjokka"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 43 0",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "the mammal Mustela putorius furo",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "firéad"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 43 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "the mammal Mustela putorius furo",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "furetto"
},
{
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"roman": "feretto",
"sense": "the mammal Mustela putorius furo",
"word": "フェレット"
},
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"word": "白鼬"
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"word": "күзен"
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"word": "페럿"
},
{
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"word": "күзөн"
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"sense": "the mammal Mustela putorius furo",
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],
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"sense": "the mammal Mustela putorius furo",
"tags": [
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ласица"
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{
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"sense": "the mammal Mustela putorius furo",
"word": "feret"
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{
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"sense": "the mammal Mustela putorius furo",
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{
"_dis1": "57 43 0",
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "the mammal Mustela putorius furo",
"word": "tori hura"
},
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"_dis1": "57 43 0",
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "the mammal Mustela putorius furo",
"word": "dlǫ́ʼii"
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"sense": "the mammal Mustela putorius furo",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "futhet"
},
{
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"sense": "the mammal Mustela putorius furo",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ilder"
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"sense": "the mammal Mustela putorius furo",
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{
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"sense": "the mammal Mustela putorius furo",
"word": "fura"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 43 0",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "râsu",
"sense": "the mammal Mustela putorius furo",
"word": "راسو"
},
{
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"code": "pdt",
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"sense": "the mammal Mustela putorius furo",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Elkj"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 43 0",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "the mammal Mustela putorius furo",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fretka"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 43 0",
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "the mammal Mustela putorius furo",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "furão"
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{
"_dis1": "57 43 0",
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"word": "manqu"
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"sense": "the mammal Mustela putorius furo",
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"word": "furèt"
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"word": "nevăstuică"
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"word": "furet"
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"code": "ru",
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"tags": [
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"word": "хорёк"
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"sense": "the mammal Mustela putorius furo",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "хорь"
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"word": "albinočáhppesbuoidda"
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"word": "ferrehtta"
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{
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"code": "sc",
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"word": "furittu"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 43 0",
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"sense": "the mammal Mustela putorius furo",
"word": "fughittu"
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"lang": "Scots",
"sense": "the mammal Mustela putorius furo",
"word": "futret"
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"sense": "the mammal Mustela putorius furo",
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},
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"sense": "the mammal Mustela putorius furo",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "fearaid"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 43 0",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "the mammal Mustela putorius furo",
"tags": [
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"masculine"
],
"word": "твор"
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"_dis1": "57 43 0",
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"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "the mammal Mustela putorius furo",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "вретна"
},
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"_dis1": "57 43 0",
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"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "the mammal Mustela putorius furo",
"tags": [
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"masculine"
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"word": "tvor"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 43 0",
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"sense": "the mammal Mustela putorius furo",
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"feminine"
],
"word": "vretna"
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{
"_dis1": "57 43 0",
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"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "the mammal Mustela putorius furo",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "fretka"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 43 0",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "the mammal Mustela putorius furo",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dihur"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 43 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "the mammal Mustela putorius furo",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hurón"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 43 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "the mammal Mustela putorius furo",
"tags": [
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"masculine"
],
"word": "grisón"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 43 0",
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "the mammal Mustela putorius furo",
"word": "fereti"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 43 0",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "the mammal Mustela putorius furo",
"word": "tamiller"
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{
"_dis1": "57 43 0",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "the mammal Mustela putorius furo",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "iller"
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{
"_dis1": "57 43 0",
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "xaz",
"sense": "the mammal Mustela putorius furo",
"word": "хаз"
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{
"_dis1": "57 43 0",
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "maranāy vakai",
"sense": "the mammal Mustela putorius furo",
"word": "மரநாய் வகை"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 43 0",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "fee-rìt",
"sense": "the mammal Mustela putorius furo",
"word": "เฟร์ริต"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 43 0",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "the mammal Mustela putorius furo",
"word": "yaban"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 43 0",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "the mammal Mustela putorius furo",
"word": "dağ gelinciği"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 43 0",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "txir",
"sense": "the mammal Mustela putorius furo",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "тхір"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 43 0",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "frétka",
"sense": "the mammal Mustela putorius furo",
"tags": [
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