See whaler on Wiktionary
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},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "kitolovec",
"sense": "vessel for hunting whales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "китоловец"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "vessel for hunting whales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hvalfanger"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "vessel for hunting whales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hvalbåt"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "vessel for hunting whales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kvalfangar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "vessel for hunting whales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "baleeiro"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "vessel for hunting whales",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ballenero"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "vessel for hunting whales",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "valfångare"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "vessel for hunting whales",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "valfångstfartyg"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "vessel for hunting whales",
"word": "valütanaf"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"english": "older term",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "vessel for hunting whales",
"word": "valütenaf"
}
],
"word": "whaler"
}
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