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"sense": "edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae",
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"code": "da",
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"sense": "edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "konk"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae",
"word": "wulk"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gágga"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae",
"word": "kuningaskotilo"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "buccin"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae",
"word": "bulot"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bucio"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "buguina"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cornecho"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Wellhornschnecke"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "fouskalída",
"sense": "edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "φουσκαλίδα"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae",
"word": "kürtcsiga"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "beitukóngur"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "faocha choirn"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "faocha chapaill"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cuachma"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ezobai",
"sense": "edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae",
"word": "エゾバイ"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tsubu",
"sense": "edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae",
"word": "ツブ"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae",
"word": "huamutu"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae",
"word": "kākara"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae",
"word": "welk"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "weoloc"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "búzio"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "truboróg",
"sense": "edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "труборо́г"
},
{
"alt": "моллю́ск",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "trubáč",
"sense": "edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "труба́ч"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "faochag"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cnomhag"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "faochan"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cnomhadan"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "conach"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "faochag-mhór"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "conachag"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gobhar-breac"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "во́лак"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "vólak"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "buccino"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "vanlig valthornssnäcka"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gwichiad moch"
},
{
"code": "vls",
"lang": "West Flemish",
"sense": "edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "wullok"
},
{
"code": "yo",
"lang": "Yoruba",
"sense": "edible sea snail of the family Buccinidae",
"word": "kùnrùngbị́ngbị́n"
}
],
"word": "whelk"
}
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"English terms inherited from Old English",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"Rhymes:English/ɛlk",
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"en:Neogastropods",
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{
"word": "chin whelk"
}
],
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{
"args": {
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"t": "pustule, swelling"
},
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"name": "inh"
}
],
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"tags": [
"plural"
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"Pimple."
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],
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"(archaic) Pimple."
],
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"archaic"
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"ipa": "/wɛlk/"
},
{
"ipa": "/hwɛlk/",
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},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛlk"
},
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"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/64/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-whelk.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-whelk.wav.mp3",
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"tags": [
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"word": "welk"
},
{
"word": "whilk"
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{
"tags": [
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],
"word": "wilk"
}
],
"word": "whelk"
}
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