See stringy on Wiktionary
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"(of food) Tough to the bite, as containing too much sinew or string tissue."
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"Resembling or involving text strings."
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"(programming, informal) Resembling or involving text strings."
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"roman": "žilest",
"sense": "resembling strings",
"word": "жилест"
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"sense": "resembling strings",
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"note": "of meat",
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"sense": "resembling strings",
"word": "llinynllyd"
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"Of a sighting, unlikely to be accurate; probably based on a misidentification, whether innocent or deliberate."
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"(birdwatching) Of a sighting, unlikely to be accurate; probably based on a misidentification, whether innocent or deliberate."
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"(of food) Tough to the bite, as containing too much sinew or string tissue."
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"(programming, informal) Resembling or involving text strings."
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"ornithology"
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"roman": "žilest",
"sense": "resembling strings",
"word": "жилест"
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "resembling strings",
"tags": [
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"word": "filandreux"
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"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "resembling strings",
"word": "sreangach"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"note": "of meat",
"sense": "resembling strings",
"word": "fibroso"
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{
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "voloknistyj",
"sense": "resembling strings",
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"masculine"
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"word": "волокнистый"
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{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "resembling strings",
"word": "llinynllyd"
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"word": "stringy"
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