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{
"code": "ha",
"lang": "Hausa",
"sense": "young hen",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sā̀garā"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "pargít",
"sense": "young hen",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "פַּרְגִּית"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "young hen",
"word": "jérce"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "young hen",
"word": "hanyuno"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "young hen",
"word": "hanyunino"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "young hen",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pollastra"
},
{
"alt": "わかいめんどり",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "wakai mendori",
"sense": "young hen",
"word": "若いめんどり"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "moan ñii cumtʊəng",
"sense": "young hen",
"word": "មាន់ញីជំទង់"
},
{
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "young hen",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Pëll"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "jarica",
"sense": "young hen",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "јарица"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "young hen",
"tags": [
"Jersey"
],
"word": "poulette"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "piliç",
"sense": "young hen",
"word": "پلیچ"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "young hen",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "franga"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "young hen",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "puică"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "molódka",
"sense": "young hen",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "моло́дка"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kúročka",
"sense": "young hen",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ку́рочка"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "young hen",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "polla"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "young hen",
"word": "unghöna"
},
{
"code": "shi",
"lang": "Tashelhit",
"roman": "tašišawt",
"sense": "young hen",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ⵜⴰⵛⵉⵛⴰⵡⵜ"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "young hen",
"word": "piliç"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "young hen",
"word": "yarka"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "young hen",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "poyete"
}
],
"word": "pullet"
}
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