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"etymology_text": "From Middle English whete-ere, equivalent to wheat + ear.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "wheatears",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "wheatear (plural wheatears)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"An ear of wheat."
],
"links": [
[
"ear",
"ear#English:_grain"
],
[
"wheat",
"wheat"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A decorative pattern resembling an ear of wheat."
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈʍiːtɪəɹ/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈwiːtɪəɹ/"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"wheatear"
],
"word": "wheatear"
}
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