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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "variant of a gene",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "allel"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "variant of a gene",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "allelomorf"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "variant of a gene",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "alelo"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "variant of a gene",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "alelă"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "allélʹ",
"sense": "variant of a gene",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "алле́ль"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "variant of a gene",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "alel"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "variant of a gene",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "alelo"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "variant of a gene",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "allel"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "variant of a gene",
"word": "ibayo"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "variant of a gene",
"word": "kaibayong-anyo"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "variant of a gene",
"word": "kaibayunyo"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "alélʹ",
"sense": "variant of a gene",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "але́ль"
}
],
"word": "allele"
}
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