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"word": "bifur"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "biwara"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "béabhar"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "castoro"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "bībā",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "ビーバー"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"alt": "かいり, kairi, うみだぬき, umidanuki",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "海狸"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "csb",
"lang": "Kashubian",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "bòber"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "qūndyz",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "құндыз"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "qamşat",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "қамшат"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "kpv",
"lang": "Komi-Zyrian",
"roman": "moj",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "мой"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "bibeo",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "비버"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "segllaw",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "سەگڵاو"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "kut",
"lang": "Kutenai",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "sina"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "kemcet",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "кемчет"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "lld",
"lang": "Ladin",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "castour"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "ltg",
"lang": "Latgalian",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "babrys"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "ltg",
"lang": "Latgalian",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "babrīne"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fīber"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "castor"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bebrs"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bebras"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "nds-de",
"lang": "Low German",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"German-Low-German"
],
"word": "Bever"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "taa",
"lang": "Lower Tanana",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "tso'"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "dabar",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "дабар"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "beaver"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "memerang"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "berang-berang"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bijver"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "piwara"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "pīwa"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "mhr",
"lang": "Eastern Mari",
"roman": "umdyr",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "умдыр"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "mrj",
"lang": "Western Mari",
"roman": "yndyr",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "ындыр"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "wam",
"lang": "Massachusett",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "tummunk"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "mic",
"lang": "Mi'kmaq",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"animate"
],
"word": "gopit"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "bever"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "xpq",
"lang": "Mohegan-Pequot",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"animate"
],
"word": "tumôhq"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "minž",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "минж"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "moe",
"lang": "Montagnais",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "amishkᵘ"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "nnt",
"lang": "Nanticoke",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "nataque"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "chaaʼ"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "castor"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bever"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bever"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bjor"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "vibre"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "oj",
"lang": "Ojibwe",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "amik"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "befer"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "fro",
"lang": "Old French",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bievre"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "osa",
"lang": "Osage",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "žápe"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "osa",
"lang": "Osage",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "žąąhpáto"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "kunduz",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "قوندوز"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "sag-e âbi",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "سگ آبی"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "bidastar",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "بیدستر"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "babar",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"archaic"
],
"word": "ببر"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Bieba"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bóbr"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "castor"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "pot",
"lang": "Potawatomi",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "mek"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "rom",
"lang": "Romani",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vidroy"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "rom",
"lang": "Romani",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "vidra"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "castor"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "biber"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "rm",
"lang": "Romansch",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "castur"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bobr",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "бобр"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bobjór",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "бобёр"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "smn",
"lang": "Inari Sami",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "maaijuv"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "se",
"lang": "Northern Sami",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "mádjit"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "castorru"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "castoro"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "los-leathann"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "biobhair"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "beathadach"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "дабар"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "dabar"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bobor"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bober"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "dsb",
"lang": "Lower Sorbian",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bobr"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "hsb",
"lang": "Upper Sorbian",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bobr"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "castor"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "xsv",
"lang": "Sudovian",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "bebrus"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "biva"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "bäver"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "kastor"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "tht",
"lang": "Tahltan",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "tsa’"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "qunduz",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "қундуз"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "tcb",
"lang": "Tanacross",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "tsá'"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "twf",
"lang": "Taos",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "pʼóyona"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "bii-wə̂ə",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "บีเวอร์"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "kastor"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "kunduz"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "gunduz"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "udm",
"lang": "Udmurt",
"roman": "myj",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "мый"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "bobér",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "бобе́р"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "qunduz",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "قۇندۇز"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "qunduz"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"alt": "海狸",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "hải ly"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "biv"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bive"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "castôr"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "afanc"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "llostlydan"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "fy",
"lang": "West Frisian",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "bever"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "sah",
"lang": "Yakut",
"roman": "buobura",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "буобура"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "biber",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ביבער"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "zza",
"lang": "Zazaki",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "samur (diq)"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 1 2 2 2 3 2 2",
"code": "zza",
"lang": "Zazaki",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "buber"
}
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"The fur of the beaver."
],
"id": "en-beaver-en-noun-Nd3Fn5K7",
"links": [
[
"fur",
"fur"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "castorette"
}
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1896, Owen Rhoscomyl, For the White Rose of Arno",
"text": "The woman's hair and woman's beaver had both been jerked off, exposing the cropped head of a man...",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A hat, of various shapes, made from a felted beaver fur (or later of silk), fashionable in Europe between 1550 and 1850."
],
"id": "en-beaver-en-noun-JWtAbMA0",
"raw_glosses": [
"(countable) A hat, of various shapes, made from a felted beaver fur (or later of silk), fashionable in Europe between 1550 and 1850."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "castor"
},
{
"tags": [
"archaic"
],
"word": "castoreum"
}
],
"tags": [
"countable"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "American English",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Canadian English",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Beaver pelts as an article of exchange or as a standard of value."
],
"id": "en-beaver-en-noun-LBvZgybW",
"links": [
[
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],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "beaver:"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A brown colour, like that of a beaver."
],
"links": [
[
"brown",
"brown"
],
[
"colour",
"colour"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "beaver brown"
},
{
"word": "castor"
}
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English countable nouns",
"en:Backgammon"
],
"glosses": [
"A move in response to being doubled, in which one immediately doubles the stakes again, keeping the doubling cube on one’s own side of the board."
],
"links": [
[
"backgammon",
"backgammon"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(countable, backgammon) A move in response to being doubled, in which one immediately doubles the stakes again, keeping the doubling cube on one’s own side of the board."
],
"tags": [
"countable"
],
"topics": [
"backgammon",
"games"
]
},
{
"alt_of": [
{
"extra": "member of the youngest wing of the Scout movement",
"word": "Beaver"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Alternative letter-case form of Beaver (“member of the youngest wing of the Scout movement”)."
],
"links": [
[
"Beaver",
"Beaver#English:_member_of_the_youngest_wing_of_the_Scout_movement"
]
],
"senseid": [
"en:member of the youngest wing of the Scout movement"
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"countable",
"uncountable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈbiːvə/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈbivɚ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-iːvə(ɹ)"
},
{
"homophone": "Belvoir"
},
{
"homophone": "bever"
},
{
"homophone": "bevor"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-beaver.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/37/En-us-beaver.ogg/En-us-beaver.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/En-us-beaver.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
},
{
"enpr": "bēʹvər"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "bewer"
},
{
"code": "aht",
"lang": "Ahtna",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "tsa'"
},
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "kastori"
},
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kastor"
},
{
"code": "alq",
"lang": "Algonquin",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "amik"
},
{
"code": "apw",
"lang": "Western Apache",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "chaa"
},
{
"code": "apw",
"lang": "Western Apache",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "cha"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "qundus",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "قُنْدُس"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "sammūr",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "سَمُّور"
},
{
"code": "an",
"lang": "Aragonese",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bribre"
},
{
"code": "syc",
"lang": "Aramaic",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"Classical-Syriac",
"masculine"
],
"word": "ܓܪܕܐ"
},
{
"code": "syc",
"lang": "Aramaic",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"Classical-Syriac",
"masculine"
],
"word": "ܟܠܒܐ ܕܡܝܐ"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "kuġb",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "կուղբ"
},
{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "castor"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "qunduz"
},
{
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "qondoź",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "ҡондоҙ"
},
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "kastore"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "babjór",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "бабёр"
},
{
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "avank"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "bóbǎr",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "бо́бър"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "bhibahpyam",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "ဘီဗာဖျံ"
},
{
"code": "bua",
"lang": "Buryat",
"roman": "minže",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "минжэ"
},
{
"code": "bua",
"lang": "Buryat",
"roman": "boobor",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "бообор"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "castor"
},
{
"code": "chr",
"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "doya",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "ᏙᏯ"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "hǎilí",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "海狸"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "hélí",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "河狸"
},
{
"code": "chn",
"lang": "Chinook Jargon",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "ina"
},
{
"code": "cv",
"lang": "Chuvash",
"roman": "hănt̬ăr",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "хӑнтӑр"
},
{
"code": "kw",
"lang": "Cornish",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lostledan"
},
{
"code": "kw",
"lang": "Cornish",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bever"
},
{
"code": "cr",
"lang": "Cree",
"roman": "amisk",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "ᐊᒥᐢᐠ"
},
{
"code": "cr",
"lang": "Cree",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "amisk"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bobr"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "bæver"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bever"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "kastoro"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "kobras"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"archaic"
],
"word": "piiber"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"dated"
],
"word": "majajas"
},
{
"code": "evn",
"lang": "Evenki",
"roman": "hatala",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "хатала"
},
{
"code": "evn",
"lang": "Evenki",
"roman": "ʒulkun",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "дюлкун"
},
{
"code": "evn",
"lang": "Evenki",
"roman": "çəlbən",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "чэлбэн"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bævur"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "majava"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "castor"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "bièvre"
},
{
"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "castôr"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "castor"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "befre"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "taxvi",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "თახვი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Biber"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kástoras",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "κάστορας"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "kástōr",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "κάστωρ"
},
{
"code": "haa",
"lang": "Han",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "tsà’"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "boneh",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "בונה"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "ūdbilāv",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ऊदबिलाव"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "ūd",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ऊद"
},
{
"code": "hop",
"lang": "Hopi",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "pahona"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "hód"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bjór"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bifur"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "biwara"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "béabhar"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "castoro"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "bībā",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "ビーバー"
},
{
"alt": "かいり, kairi, うみだぬき, umidanuki",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "海狸"
},
{
"code": "csb",
"lang": "Kashubian",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "bòber"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "qūndyz",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "құндыз"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "qamşat",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "қамшат"
},
{
"code": "kpv",
"lang": "Komi-Zyrian",
"roman": "moj",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "мой"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "bibeo",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "비버"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "segllaw",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "سەگڵاو"
},
{
"code": "kut",
"lang": "Kutenai",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "sina"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "kemcet",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "кемчет"
},
{
"code": "lld",
"lang": "Ladin",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "castour"
},
{
"code": "ltg",
"lang": "Latgalian",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "babrys"
},
{
"code": "ltg",
"lang": "Latgalian",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "babrīne"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fīber"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "castor"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bebrs"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bebras"
},
{
"code": "nds-de",
"lang": "Low German",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"German-Low-German"
],
"word": "Bever"
},
{
"code": "taa",
"lang": "Lower Tanana",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "tso'"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "dabar",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "дабар"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "beaver"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "memerang"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "berang-berang"
},
{
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bijver"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "piwara"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "pīwa"
},
{
"code": "mhr",
"lang": "Eastern Mari",
"roman": "umdyr",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "умдыр"
},
{
"code": "mrj",
"lang": "Western Mari",
"roman": "yndyr",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "ындыр"
},
{
"code": "wam",
"lang": "Massachusett",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "tummunk"
},
{
"code": "mic",
"lang": "Mi'kmaq",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"animate"
],
"word": "gopit"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "bever"
},
{
"code": "xpq",
"lang": "Mohegan-Pequot",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"animate"
],
"word": "tumôhq"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "minž",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "минж"
},
{
"code": "moe",
"lang": "Montagnais",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "amishkᵘ"
},
{
"code": "nnt",
"lang": "Nanticoke",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "nataque"
},
{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "chaaʼ"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "castor"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bever"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bever"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bjor"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "vibre"
},
{
"code": "oj",
"lang": "Ojibwe",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "amik"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "befer"
},
{
"code": "fro",
"lang": "Old French",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bievre"
},
{
"code": "osa",
"lang": "Osage",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "žápe"
},
{
"code": "osa",
"lang": "Osage",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "žąąhpáto"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "kunduz",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "قوندوز"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "sag-e âbi",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "سگ آبی"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "bidastar",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "بیدستر"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "babar",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"archaic"
],
"word": "ببر"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Bieba"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bóbr"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "castor"
},
{
"code": "pot",
"lang": "Potawatomi",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "mek"
},
{
"code": "rom",
"lang": "Romani",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vidroy"
},
{
"code": "rom",
"lang": "Romani",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "vidra"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "castor"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "biber"
},
{
"code": "rm",
"lang": "Romansch",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"word": "castur"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bobr",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "бобр"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bobjór",
"sense": "semiaquatic rodent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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"ref": "1969, Harlan Ellison, “A Boy and His Dog”, in The Beast that Shouted Love at the Heart of the World, New York: Open Road Media, published 2014",
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"ref": "1975, Lawrence Hauben, Bo Goldman, directed by Miloš Forman, One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest (motion picture), spoken by Randle McMurphy (Jack Nicholson)",
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"ref": "2004, James Ellroy, Destination: Morgue! L.A. Tales, New York: Vintage Books, pages 127–128",
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"ref": "1977 January 13, Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, “Jimmy Carter: New South Burn”, in Rolling Stone, [San Francisco or New York], retrieved 2022-12-01",
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