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"ref": "1993, Biological Society of Washington, Smithsonian Institution, Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, Volume 106, page 351",
"text": "Variations.—Most specimens examined have concave rostral margins that taper to the acumen and the rostral length is greater than the rostral width.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A bony, often sharp, protuberance, especially that of the ischium."
],
"links": [
[
"anatomy",
"anatomy"
],
[
"ischium",
"ischium"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(anatomy) A bony, often sharp, protuberance, especially that of the ischium."
],
"tags": [
"uncountable",
"usually"
],
"topics": [
"anatomy",
"medicine",
"sciences"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈækjʊmən/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/əˈkjuːmən/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/əˈkjumən/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈækjəmən/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/æˈkjumən/",
"tags": [
"US",
"rare"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈækjəˌmɛn/",
"tags": [
"US",
"rare"
]
},
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"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pronicatelnost",
"sense": "quickness of perception",
"word": "проницателност"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "prozorlivost",
"sense": "quickness of perception",
"word": "прозорливост"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "quickness of perception",
"word": "perspicàcia"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "huìyǎn",
"sense": "quickness of perception",
"word": "慧眼"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jīngmíng",
"sense": "quickness of perception",
"word": "精明"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "quickness of perception",
"word": "敏銳"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "mǐnruì",
"sense": "quickness of perception",
"word": "敏锐"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "quickness of perception",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bystrost"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "quickness of perception",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "scherpzinnigheid"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "quickness of perception",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "inzicht"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "quickness of perception",
"word": "sagaceco"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "quickness of perception",
"word": "terävä-älyisyys"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "quickness of perception",
"word": "äly"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "quickness of perception",
"word": "terävyys"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "quickness of perception",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sagacité"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "quickness of perception",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Scharfsinn"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "quickness of perception",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "skerpa"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "quickness of perception",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "skarpskyggni"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "quickness of perception",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "skarpur skilningur"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "quickness of perception",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "skörp greind"
},
{
"code": "is",
"english": "business acument",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "quickness of perception",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "viðskiptavit"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "quickness of perception",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "acume"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "quickness of perception",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "perspicacia"
},
{
"alt": "けいがん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "keigan",
"sense": "quickness of perception",
"word": "慧眼"
},
{
"alt": "そうめいさ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "sōmei-sa",
"sense": "quickness of perception",
"word": "聡明さ"
},
{
"alt": "どうさつりょく",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "dōsatsuryoku",
"sense": "quickness of perception",
"word": "洞察力"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "quickness of perception",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "przenikliwość"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "quickness of perception",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bystrość"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "quickness of perception",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "perspicácia"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "quickness of perception",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sagacidade"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "quickness of perception",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "agudeza"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pronicátelʹnostʹ",
"sense": "quickness of perception",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "проница́тельность"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "soobrazítelʹnostʹ",
"sense": "quickness of perception",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "сообрази́тельность"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prozorlívostʹ",
"sense": "quickness of perception",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "прозорли́вость"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "quickness of perception",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "perspicacia"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "quickness of perception",
"word": "acumen"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "quickness of perception",
"word": "cacumen"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "quickness of perception",
"word": "pesquis"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "quickness of perception",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "skarpsinnighet"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "quickness of perception",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "skarpsinne"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "sharp, tapering point",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "acumen"
}
],
"word": "acumen"
}
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