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},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vodonósnyj plast",
"sense": "an underground layer of water-bearing porous stone, earth, or gravel",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "водоно́сный пласт"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "akvifɛ́r",
"sense": "an underground layer of water-bearing porous stone, earth, or gravel",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "аквифе́р"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "an underground layer of water-bearing porous stone, earth, or gravel",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "akvifer"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "an underground layer of water-bearing porous stone, earth, or gravel",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "acuífero"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "an underground layer of water-bearing porous stone, earth, or gravel",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "akvifär"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "jala",
"sense": "an underground layer of water-bearing porous stone, earth, or gravel",
"word": "జల"
},
{
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"note": "ཆུ་བྲག (chu brag, literally “water rock”)",
"sense": "an underground layer of water-bearing porous stone, earth, or gravel"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "an underground layer of water-bearing porous stone, earth, or gravel",
"word": "akifer"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "an underground layer of water-bearing porous stone, earth, or gravel",
"word": "sutaşır"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "an underground layer of water-bearing porous stone, earth, or gravel",
"word": "tầng ngậm nước"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "an underground layer of water-bearing porous stone, earth, or gravel",
"word": "tầng chứa nước"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "an underground layer of water-bearing porous stone, earth, or gravel",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dyfrhaen"
}
],
"word": "aquifer"
}
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