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"sense": "plates in mouth of baleen whale",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "fiszbin"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "plates in mouth of baleen whale",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "barbas de baleia"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "plates in mouth of baleen whale",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "fanon"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kitóvyj us",
"sense": "plates in mouth of baleen whale",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "кито́вый ус"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "plates in mouth of baleen whale",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "barbas de ballena"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "plates in mouth of baleen whale",
"word": "mfupanyangumi"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "plates in mouth of baleen whale",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "bard"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "kytóvyj vus",
"sense": "plates in mouth of baleen whale",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "кито́вий вус"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"baleen"
],
"word": "baleen"
}
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