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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a virus that infects bacteria",
"word": "bacteriófago"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "a virus that infects bacteria",
"word": "bakteriyofaj"
},
{
"alt": "食菌體",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "a virus that infects bacteria",
"word": "thực khuẩn thể"
}
],
"word": "bacteriophage"
}
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