See petroglyph on Wiktionary
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"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a rock carving, especially one made in prehistoric times",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "petroglifo"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "a rock carving, especially one made in prehistoric times",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "hällristning"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "a rock carving, especially one made in prehistoric times",
"word": "petroglif"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "petrohlif",
"sense": "a rock carving, especially one made in prehistoric times",
"word": "петрогліф"
}
],
"word": "petroglyph"
}
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