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},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kamýšnica",
"sense": "water birds of the genus Gallinula",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "камы́шница"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "water birds of the genus Gallinula",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mlakuša"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "water birds of the genus Gallinula",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "zelenonoga guša"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "water birds of the genus Gallinula",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gallineta de agua"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "water birds of the genus Gallinula",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "rörhöna"
},
{
"code": "vec",
"lang": "Venetian",
"sense": "water birds of the genus Gallinula",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sfoio"
},
{
"code": "vec",
"lang": "Venetian",
"sense": "water birds of the genus Gallinula",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "viatàra"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "water birds of the genus Gallinula",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "iâr ddŵr"
}
],
"word": "moorhen"
}
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