See leviathan on Wiktionary
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"sense": "very large; gargantuan",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lewiatan"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ogrómnyj",
"sense": "very large; gargantuan",
"word": "огро́мный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "gromádnyj",
"sense": "very large; gargantuan",
"word": "грома́дный"
}
],
"word": "leviathan"
}
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