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"A fictional monster in roleplaying games, a floating orb of flesh with a large mouth and many eyes on stalks."
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"(fantasy) A fictional monster in roleplaying games, a floating orb of flesh with a large mouth and many eyes on stalks."
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"sense": "someone who observes or beholds; an observer or spectator",
"word": "зрител"
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"sense": "someone who observes or beholds; an observer or spectator",
"word": "旁觀者"
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"word": "旁观者"
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"sense": "someone who observes or beholds; an observer or spectator",
"tags": [
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"word": "betragter"
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"sense": "someone who observes or beholds; an observer or spectator",
"word": "katsoja"
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"sense": "someone who observes or beholds; an observer or spectator",
"tags": [
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"word": "regardeur"
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "someone who observes or beholds; an observer or spectator",
"tags": [
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"word": "observateur"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "someone who observes or beholds; an observer or spectator",
"tags": [
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"sense": "someone who observes or beholds; an observer or spectator",
"tags": [
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"sense": "someone who observes or beholds; an observer or spectator",
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"sense": "someone who observes or beholds; an observer or spectator",
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"word": "obserwator"
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"sense": "someone who observes or beholds; an observer or spectator",
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"sense": "someone who observes or beholds; an observer or spectator",
"tags": [
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"word": "widz"
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"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "someone who observes or beholds; an observer or spectator",
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"word": "зри́тель"
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"sense": "someone who observes or beholds; an observer or spectator",
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"sense": "someone who observes or beholds; an observer or spectator",
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"word": "åskådare"
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"word": "beholder"
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