See biped in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"lang": "Volapük",
"lang_code": "vo",
"sense": "a two-footed (or two-legged) animal",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "telfutaf"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"lang_code": "vo",
"sense": "a two-footed (or two-legged) animal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hitelfutaf"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"lang_code": "vo",
"sense": "a two-footed (or two-legged) animal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "jitelfutaf"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"lang_code": "vo",
"sense": "a two-footed (or two-legged) animal",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "tellögaf"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"lang_code": "vo",
"sense": "a two-footed (or two-legged) animal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hitellögaf"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"lang_code": "vo",
"sense": "a two-footed (or two-legged) animal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "jitellögaf"
}
],
"word": "biped"
}
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