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{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "dog",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gwaetgi"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "detektiv",
"sense": "informal: detective",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "детектив"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"english": "taen agent",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"sense": "informal: detective",
"word": "таен агент"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "informal: detective",
"word": "verikoira"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "informal: detective",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "limier"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "informal: detective",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "détective"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "informal: detective",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Detektiv"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "informal: detective",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Detektivin"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "informal: detective",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Schnüffler"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "informal: detective",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Schnüfflerin"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "lagonikó",
"sense": "informal: detective",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "λαγωνικό"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "informal: detective",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "segugio"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sýščik",
"sense": "informal: detective",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "сы́щик"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "detektív",
"sense": "informal: detective",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "детекти́в"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "iščéjka",
"sense": "informal: detective",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"pejorative",
"usually"
],
"word": "ище́йка"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "informal: detective",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sabueso"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "informal: detective",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sabuesa"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"bloodhound"
],
"word": "bloodhound"
}
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