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"note": "of crabs and alike",
"sense": "hard protective covering",
"word": "talukab"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gapgak",
"sense": "hard protective covering",
"word": "갑각"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "hard protective covering",
"word": "karapas"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "hard protective covering",
"word": "کاراڤس"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "hard protective covering",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "karapaks"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "hard protective covering",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "carapaça"
},
{
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "hard protective covering",
"word": "mayt'una"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "hard protective covering",
"word": "carapace"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "karapáks",
"sense": "hard protective covering",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "карапа́кс"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ščitók",
"sense": "hard protective covering",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "щито́к"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ščit",
"sense": "hard protective covering",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "щит"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "páncirʹ",
"sense": "hard protective covering",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "па́нцирь"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "hard protective covering",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "carapacho"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "hard protective covering",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "caparazón"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "grà-dɔɔng",
"sense": "hard protective covering",
"word": "กระดอง"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"en:carapace"
],
"word": "carapace"
}
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