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},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "species believed extinct but later found living",
"word": "فسیل زنده"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "species believed extinct but later found living",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "żywa skamieniałość"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "species believed extinct but later found living",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "żywa skamielina"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "species believed extinct but later found living",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fóssil vivo"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "species believed extinct but later found living",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fosilă vie"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "živyje iskopajemyje",
"sense": "species believed extinct but later found living",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "живые ископаемые"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "species believed extinct but later found living",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "živé fosílie"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "species believed extinct but later found living",
"word": "žijúce skameneniny"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "species believed extinct but later found living",
"word": "živi fosil"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "species believed extinct but later found living",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fósil viviente"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "species believed extinct but later found living",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "levande fossil"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "vāḻum tolluyir eccam",
"sense": "species believed extinct but later found living",
"word": "வாழும் தொல்லுயிர் எச்சம்"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "sajīva śilājālu",
"sense": "species believed extinct but later found living",
"word": "సజీవ శిలాజాలు"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "species believed extinct but later found living",
"word": "ซากดึกดำบรรพ์มีชีวิต"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "species believed extinct but later found living",
"word": "yaşayan fosil"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "žyvi vykopni",
"sense": "species believed extinct but later found living",
"word": "живі викопні"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "species believed extinct but later found living",
"word": "hóa thạch sống"
},
{
"code": "pnb",
"lang": "Western Panjabi",
"roman": "jeyonde pthrī jāndār",
"sense": "species believed extinct but later found living",
"word": "جیوندے پتھری جاندار"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "wut⁶ faa³ sek⁶",
"sense": "living species which very closely resembles fossil relatives",
"word": "活化石"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "huóhuàshí",
"sense": "living species which very closely resembles fossil relatives",
"word": "活化石"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "living species which very closely resembles fossil relatives",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "levend fossiel"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "living species which very closely resembles fossil relatives",
"word": "elävä fossiili"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Charles Darwin",
"On the Origin of Species",
"W. W. Norton & Company"
],
"word": "living fossil"
}
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