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},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "resembling marble or a marble statue — see also marblelike",
"word": "marmoreean"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "resembling marble or a marble statue — see also marblelike",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "marmóreo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "resembling marble or a marble statue — see also marblelike",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "marmoroso"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "resembling marble or a marble statue — see also marblelike",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "marmoleado"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "resembling marble or a marble statue — see also marblelike",
"word": "marmoraidd"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "resembling marble or a marble statue — see also marblelike",
"word": "mynoraidd"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Michelangelo"
],
"word": "marmoreal"
}
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