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"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "f"
},
"expansion": "medusa f (plural medusas)",
"name": "es-noun"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"me‧du‧sa"
],
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Rhymes:Spanish/usa",
"Rhymes:Spanish/usa/3 syllables",
"Spanish 3-syllable words",
"Spanish countable nouns",
"Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
"Spanish feminine nouns",
"Spanish lemmas",
"Spanish nouns",
"Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation",
"es:Cnidarians"
],
"glosses": [
"jellyfish"
],
"links": [
[
"jellyfish",
"jellyfish"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "aguamala"
},
{
"word": "aguaviva"
},
{
"word": "malagua"
},
{
"word": "aguamar"
}
],
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/meˈdusa/"
},
{
"ipa": "[meˈð̞u.sa]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-usa"
}
],
"word": "medusa"
}
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