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"lang": "Chakma",
"roman": "māgur",
"sense": "type of fish — see also sheatfish",
"word": "𑄟𑄉𑄪𑄢𑄴"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33",
"code": "chr",
"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "tsulisdanali",
"sense": "type of fish — see also sheatfish",
"word": "ᏧᎵᏍᏓᎾᎵ"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "type of fish — see also sheatfish",
"word": "塘蝨"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "tong⁴ sat¹",
"sense": "type of fish — see also sheatfish",
"word": "塘虱"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33",
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"sense": "type of fish — see also sheatfish",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "鯰魚"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33",
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "zh-min-nan",
"sense": "type of fish — see also sheatfish",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "鲶鱼"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "type of fish — see also sheatfish",
"word": "鯰魚"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "niányú",
"sense": "type of fish — see also sheatfish",
"word": "鲶鱼"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "type of fish — see also sheatfish",
"word": "鮎形目"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "niánxíngmù",
"sense": "type of fish — see also sheatfish",
"word": "鲇形目"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33",
"code": "cop",
"lang": "Coptic",
"roman": "čelfau",
"sense": "type of fish — see also sheatfish",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ϫⲉⲗϥⲁⲩ"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "type of fish — see also sheatfish",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sumec"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "type of fish — see also sheatfish",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "malle"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "type of fish — see also sheatfish",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "meerval"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "type of fish — see also sheatfish",
"word": "säga"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "type of fish — see also sheatfish",
"word": "monni"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "type of fish — see also sheatfish",
"word": "monnikala"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "type of fish — see also sheatfish",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "poisson-chat"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "type of fish — see also sheatfish",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "silure"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "type of fish — see also sheatfish",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "siluro"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "loko",
"sense": "type of fish — see also sheatfish",
"word": "ლოქო"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "type of fish — see also sheatfish",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Wels"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "type of fish — see also sheatfish",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Katzenwels"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "glánis",
"sense": "type of fish — see also sheatfish",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "γλάνις"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "sílouros",
"sense": "type of fish — see also sheatfish",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "σίλουρος"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Modern Greek",
"roman": "gatópsaro",
"sense": "type of fish — see also sheatfish",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "γατόψαρο"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "sfamnún",
"sense": "type of fish — see also sheatfish",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "שְׂפַמְנוּן"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "type of fish — see also sheatfish",
"word": "harcsa"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "type of fish — see also sheatfish",
"word": "siluro"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "type of fish — see also sheatfish",
"word": "lele"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "type of fish — see also sheatfish",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cat mara"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33",
"code": "zai",
"lang": "Isthmus Zapotec",
"sense": "type of fish — see also sheatfish",
"word": "guluxu"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "type of fish — see also sheatfish",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pesce gatto"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "namazu",
"sense": "type of fish — see also sheatfish",
"word": "ナマズ"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33",
"alt": "なまず",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "namazu",
"sense": "type of fish — see also sheatfish",
"word": "鯰"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33",
"code": "kdr",
"lang": "Karaim",
"sense": "type of fish — see also sheatfish",
"word": "yayın"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "jaiyn",
"sense": "type of fish — see also sheatfish",
"word": "жайын"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "trəychlang",
"sense": "type of fish — see also sheatfish",
"word": "ត្រីឆ្លាំង"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "megi",
"sense": "type of fish — see also sheatfish",
"word": "메기"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "jayın",
"sense": "type of fish — see also sheatfish",
"word": "жайын"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "pā nang",
"sense": "type of fish — see also sheatfish",
"word": "ປາໜັງ"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "type of fish — see also sheatfish",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "silūrus"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "type of fish — see also sheatfish",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sams"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "type of fish — see also sheatfish",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "šamas"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "som",
"sense": "type of fish — see also sheatfish",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "сом"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "type of fish — see also sheatfish",
"word": "keli"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33",
"code": "xmf",
"lang": "Mingrelian",
"roman": "loko",
"sense": "type of fish — see also sheatfish",
"word": "ლოქო"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33",
"code": "xmf",
"lang": "Mingrelian",
"roman": "ɣlami",
"sense": "type of fish — see also sheatfish",
"word": "ღლამი"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33",
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "type of fish — see also sheatfish",
"word": "dághaałóóʼ"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33",
"code": "nay",
"lang": "Ngarrindjeri",
"sense": "type of fish — see also sheatfish",
"word": "pummerrie"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33",
"code": "nog",
"lang": "Nogai",
"roman": "yayın",
"sense": "type of fish — see also sheatfish",
"word": "яйын"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33",
"code": "atv",
"lang": "Northern Altai",
"roman": "čayḯn",
"sense": "type of fish — see also sheatfish",
"tags": [
"rare"
],
"word": "чайы́н"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "type of fish — see also sheatfish",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "malle"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33",
"code": "nup",
"lang": "Nupe",
"sense": "type of fish — see also sheatfish",
"word": "ezhègi"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33",
"code": "os",
"lang": "Ossetian",
"roman": "loko",
"sense": "type of fish — see also sheatfish",
"word": "локо"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33",
"code": "paw",
"lang": "Pawnee",
"sense": "type of fish — see also sheatfish",
"word": "paksaku"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "selur",
"sense": "type of fish — see also sheatfish",
"word": "سلور"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "gorbe-mâhi",
"sense": "type of fish — see also sheatfish",
"word": "گربهماهی"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "type of fish — see also sheatfish",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sum"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "type of fish — see also sheatfish",
"word": "peixe-gato"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "type of fish — see also sheatfish",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bagre"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "type of fish — see also sheatfish",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "somn"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "type of fish — see also sheatfish",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "silur"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "som",
"sense": "type of fish — see also sheatfish",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "сом"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "type of fish — see also sheatfish",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "со̏м"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "type of fish — see also sheatfish",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "sȍm"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "type of fish — see also sheatfish",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sumec"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "type of fish — see also sheatfish",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "som"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33",
"code": "dsb",
"lang": "Lower Sorbian",
"sense": "type of fish — see also sheatfish",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "som"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33",
"code": "alt",
"lang": "Southern Altai",
"roman": "ǰayïn",
"sense": "type of fish — see also sheatfish",
"word": "јайын"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33",
"code": "alt",
"lang": "Southern Altai",
"roman": "som",
"sense": "type of fish — see also sheatfish",
"word": "сом"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "type of fish — see also sheatfish",
"tags": [
"Chile",
"masculine"
],
"word": "bagre"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "type of fish — see also sheatfish",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "siluro"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "type of fish — see also sheatfish",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "barbo"
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{
"_dis1": "67 33",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "type of fish — see also sheatfish",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pez gato"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33",
"code": "sva",
"lang": "Svan",
"roman": "loko",
"sense": "type of fish — see also sheatfish",
"word": "ლოქო"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33",
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "type of fish — see also sheatfish",
"word": "kambare"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "type of fish — see also sheatfish",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "mal"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "type of fish — see also sheatfish",
"word": "hito"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33",
"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
"roman": "cäyen",
"sense": "type of fish — see also sheatfish",
"word": "җәен"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "bplaa-dùk",
"sense": "type of fish — see also sheatfish",
"word": "ปลาดุก"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33",
"code": "tpi",
"lang": "Tok Pisin",
"sense": "type of fish — see also sheatfish",
"word": "mausgras"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "type of fish — see also sheatfish",
"word": "yayın"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33",
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "type of fish — see also sheatfish",
"word": "lakga"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "som",
"sense": "type of fish — see also sheatfish",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "сом"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "type of fish — see also sheatfish",
"word": "cá trê"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "type of fish — see also sheatfish",
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"masculine",
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],
"word": "cathbysgod"
},
{
"_dis1": "67 33",
"code": "yo",
"lang": "Yoruba",
"sense": "type of fish — see also sheatfish",
"word": "ẹja àrọ̀"
}
]
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "operate fake profile",
"word": "másnak adja ki magát az interneten"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "operate fake profile",
"word": "online megtéveszt/félrevezet"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "operate fake profile",
"word": "catfishing"
}
],
"word": "catfish"
}
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"called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
"msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": liâm-hî vs. zh-min-nan",
"path": [
"catfish"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "catfish",
"trace": ""
}
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