See catcher in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"sense": "that which catches",
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "that which catches",
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"sense": "that which catches",
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "baseball player who receives pitches",
"tags": [
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"word": "receptor"
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"code": "ca",
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"sense": "baseball player who receives pitches",
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bǔshǒu",
"sense": "baseball player who receives pitches",
"word": "捕手"
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"sense": "baseball player who receives pitches",
"tags": [
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "baseball player who receives pitches",
"word": "kaptanto"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "baseball player who receives pitches",
"word": "sieppari"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "baseball player who receives pitches",
"tags": [
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"word": "receveur"
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "baseball player who receives pitches",
"tags": [
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"word": "receveuse"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "baseball player who receives pitches",
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"word": "Catcher"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "baseball player who receives pitches",
"tags": [
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"word": "Catcherin"
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"word": "Fänger"
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"code": "hu",
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"word": "elkapó"
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"sense": "baseball player who receives pitches",
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"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
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"sense": "baseball player who receives pitches",
"word": "キャッチャー"
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"word": "捕手"
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"code": "ko",
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"word": "캐처"
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
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"sense": "baseball player who receives pitches",
"word": "포수"
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "baseball player who receives pitches",
"word": "tautopenga"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "baseball player who receives pitches",
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"code": "es",
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "baseball player who receives pitches",
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"word": "catcher"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "baseball player who receives pitches",
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