See floc on Wiktionary
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{
"args": {
"gpd": "floacelor",
"gpi": "floace",
"gsd": "flocului",
"gsi": "floc",
"n": "",
"npd": "floacele",
"npi": "floace",
"nsd": "flocul",
"nsi": "floc",
"vp": "floacelor",
"vs": "flocule"
},
"name": "ro-decl-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "flocos"
},
{
"word": "miță"
},
{
"word": "smoc"
},
{
"word": "șuviță"
},
{
"word": "fulg"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"floc, floccule"
],
"links": [
[
"floc",
"floc#English"
],
[
"floccule",
"floccule"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"tuft (of hair)"
],
"links": [
[
"tuft",
"tuft"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"flock (of wool)"
],
"links": [
[
"flock",
"flock"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Romanian colloquialisms",
"Romanian vulgarities"
],
"glosses": [
"pubic hair"
],
"links": [
[
"pubic hair",
"pubic hair"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(colloquial, vulgar) pubic hair"
],
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"vulgar"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"rhymes": "-ok"
}
],
"word": "floc"
}
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{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1147",
"msg": "suspicious related form tags ['neuter', 'canonical']: 'floc m floc' in 'floc m (plural floci) floc n (plural floace)'",
"path": [
"floc"
],
"section": "Romanian",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "floc",
"trace": ""
}
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