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"(UK, Ireland, dialect) The Eurasian bittern."
],
"tags": [
"Ireland",
"UK",
"dialectal"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈbʌmbəl/"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-bumble.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/22/En-us-bumble.ogg/En-us-bumble.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/22/En-us-bumble.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ʌmbəl"
}
],
"word": "bumble"
}
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