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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b5/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-blubber.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-blubber.wav.ogg"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈblʊbə/",
"tags": [
"Northern-England"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈblʊbəɹ/",
"tags": [
"Ireland"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈblʌbəɹ/",
"tags": [
"Northern-Ireland",
"Scotland"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ʌbə(ɹ)"
}
],
"word": "blubber"
}
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{
"called_from": "page/2530",
"msg": "skipping string in the middle of translations: </table></div></div>\n\n",
"path": [
"blubber"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "blubber",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "page/2517",
"msg": "UNIMPLEMENTED parse_translation_template: trans-top-see {1: 'fatty tissue', 2: 'adipose tissue'}",
"path": [
"blubber",
"trans-top-see"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "blubber",
"trace": ""
}
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