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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "архе́й"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "Archaean eon",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Arcaico"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "Archaean eon",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "arkeikum"
}
],
"word": "Archaean"
}
{
"called_from": "linkages/371",
"msg": "unrecognized linkage prefix: (eon 2,500–4,000 Ma): Precambrian desc=eon 2, 500–4, 000 Ma rest=Precambrian cls=other cls2=romanization e1=False e2=True",
"path": [
"Archaean"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "proper noun",
"title": "Archaean",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "linkages/371",
"msg": "unrecognized linkage prefix: (eon 2,500–4,000 Ma): Eoarchaean, Paleoarchaean, Mesoarchaean, Neoarchaean desc=eon 2, 500–4, 000 Ma rest=Eoarchaean, Paleoarchaean, Mesoarchaean, Neoarchaean cls=other cls2=romanization e1=False e2=False",
"path": [
"Archaean"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "proper noun",
"title": "Archaean",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "linkages/371",
"msg": "unrecognized linkage prefix: (eon 2,500–4,000 Ma): Hadean, Proterozoic - eons in Precambrian desc=eon 2, 500–4, 000 Ma rest=Hadean, Proterozoic - eons in Precambrian cls=other cls2=romanization e1=False e2=False",
"path": [
"Archaean"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "proper noun",
"title": "Archaean",
"trace": ""
}
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