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"masculine"
],
"word": "feto-águia"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "páporotnik-orlják",
"sense": "any of several coarse ferns",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "па́поротник-орля́к"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "any of several coarse ferns",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "raineach"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "any of several coarse ferns",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bujad"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "any of several coarse ferns",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "helecho"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "any of several coarse ferns",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "örnbräken"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "any of several coarse ferns",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "rhedyn ungoes"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"bracken"
],
"word": "bracken"
}
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