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"sense": "either of two species of deep-water fish",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "латиме́рия"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "either of two species of deep-water fish",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "celacanto"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "either of two species of deep-water fish",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "kvastfening"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "either of two species of deep-water fish",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "havstofsstjärt"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "either of two species of deep-water fish",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "tofsstjärtfisk"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "either of two species of deep-water fish",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "blå kvastfening"
},
{
"code": "syl",
"lang": "Sylheti",
"lang_code": "syl",
"roman": "sílaxen masó",
"sense": "either of two species of deep-water fish",
"word": "ꠍꠤꠟꠣꠇꠦꠘ ꠝꠣꠍ"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"lang_code": "vi",
"sense": "either of two species of deep-water fish",
"word": "cá vây tay"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Louis Agassiz"
],
"word": "coelacanth"
}
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