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"word": "bugbear"
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"word": "unicorn"
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"word": "dragon"
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"word": "elf"
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"word": "gremlin"
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"word": "mermaid"
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"word": "basilisk"
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"word": "extraterrestrial"
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"word": "Martian"
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"word": "little green man"
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"word": "angel"
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"text": "insects and other creatures",
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{
"ref": "1859, Ferna Vale, Natalie; or, A Gem Among the Sea-Weeds",
"text": "But what would be the sentiment of uppertendom, when it should be rumored that the beautiful young creature, of the proud Clarence Delwood's choice, had stooped so low, as to maintain herself by her own hands?",
"type": "quotation"
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{
"ref": "1960, William Bittle Gray, Creatures of the Sea, New York : W. Funk",
"text": "Urologists often want live sea horses for study of kidney disorders, for the sea horse is one of the few marine creatures with functioning kidneys.",
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{
"ref": "1963, Daniel Pratt Mannix, All Creatures Great and Small",
"text": "But he began writing articles for The Saturday Evening Post, Esquire, and Colliers, and having finally chosen to become a journalist, has written All Creatures Great and Small about his first love[…]",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2018 June 18, Christine M. Korsgaard, Fellow Creatures: Our Obligations to the Other Animals, Oxford University Press, page 27",
"text": "One answer to that is “No”: sounds exist in the perspective of creatures who can hear, although sound waves would still be bouncing around in the absence of such creatures.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2019 February 7, James Olstein, Odd Science – Incredible Creatures, Pavilion Children's",
"text": "Creatures are fascinating. From miniscule bugs to great beasts of the deep, ferocious dinosaurs to cuddly-looking pandas.",
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"sense": "living being",
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"word": "gjalles"
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"sense": "living being",
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"word": "كَائِن حَيّ"
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"sense": "living being",
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"word": "ܒܪܝܬܐ"
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"word": "արարած"
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"roman": "janōẇar",
"sense": "living being",
"word": "জানোয়ার"
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"roman": "jib",
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"sense": "living being",
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"roman": "sǎštestvó",
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"roman": "sǎzdánie",
"sense": "living being",
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"roman": "tvar",
"sense": "living being",
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"lang": "Burmese",
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"sense": "living being",
"word": "သတ္တဝါ"
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"sense": "living being",
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"word": "creatura"
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"sense": "living being",
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"code": "yue",
"english": "sang¹ mat⁶",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "living being",
"word": "生物"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shēngwù",
"sense": "living being",
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"sense": "living being",
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"sense": "living being",
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"word": "créature"
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "arseba",
"sense": "living being",
"word": "არსება"
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"sense": "living being",
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"code": "de",
"english": "mythical creature",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "living being",
"tags": [
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"roman": "gaskafts",
"sense": "living being",
"tags": [
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"roman": "plásma",
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"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "yetsúr",
"sense": "living being",
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"_dis1": "84 1 0 15 1",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "jantu",
"sense": "living being",
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"word": "जंतु"
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"_dis1": "84 1 0 15 1",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "prāṇī",
"sense": "living being",
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"word": "जानवर"
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{
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"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "maxlūq",
"sense": "living being",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "मख़्लूक़"
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{
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "living being",
"word": "teremtmény"
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{
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"code": "is",
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"sense": "living being",
"tags": [
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"word": "skepna"
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{
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"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "living being",
"word": "makhluk"
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{
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"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "living being",
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"word": "créatúr"
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{
"_dis1": "84 1 0 15 1",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "living being",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dúil"
},
{
"_dis1": "84 1 0 15 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "living being",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "creatura"
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{
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"alt": "いきもの",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ikimono",
"sense": "living being",
"word": "生き物"
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{
"_dis1": "84 1 0 15 1",
"alt": "せいぶつ",
"code": "ja",
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"sense": "living being",
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"code": "kk",
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"sense": "living being",
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"roman": "jandy",
"sense": "living being",
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"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "jaratylys",
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{
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"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "maqūlyq",
"sense": "living being",
"word": "мақұлық"
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"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "sat",
"sense": "living being",
"word": "សត្វ"
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"roman": "saengmul",
"sense": "living being",
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"code": "ckb",
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"roman": "zindewer",
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"word": "زندەوەر"
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"code": "kmr",
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"sense": "living being",
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"roman": "jandık",
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"code": "ky",
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"roman": "makuluk",
"sense": "living being",
"word": "макулук"
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{
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"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "sat",
"sense": "living being",
"word": "ສັດ"
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"code": "la",
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"sense": "living being",
"tags": [
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"word": "creātūra"
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{
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"code": "lv",
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"sense": "living being",
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{
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"code": "lt",
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"sense": "living being",
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"code": "lt",
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"sense": "living being",
"tags": [
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{
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"roman": "suštestvo",
"sense": "living being",
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"ref": "2019 February 7, James Olstein, Odd Science – Incredible Creatures, Pavilion Children's",
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"roman": "sat",
"sense": "living being",
"word": "សត្វ"
},
{
"alt": "生物",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "saengmul",
"sense": "living being",
"word": "생물"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "zindewer",
"sense": "living being",
"word": "زندەوەر"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "living being",
"word": "mexlûq"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "jandık",
"sense": "living being",
"word": "жандык"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "makuluk",
"sense": "living being",
"word": "макулук"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "sat",
"sense": "living being",
"word": "ສັດ"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "living being",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "creātūra"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "living being",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "radījums"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "living being",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "padaras"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "living being",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "būtybė"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "suštestvo",
"sense": "living being",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "суштество"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "bitie",
"sense": "living being",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "битие"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "living being",
"word": "makhluk"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "amʹtan",
"sense": "living being",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "амьтан"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "buteel",
"sense": "living being",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "бутээл"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "living being",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "skapning"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "living being",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "skapning"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "living being",
"word": "ġesceaft"
},
{
"code": "pro",
"lang": "Old Occitan",
"sense": "living being",
"word": "creatura"
},
{
"code": "pi",
"lang": "Pali",
"sense": "living being",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "satta"
},
{
"code": "pi",
"lang": "Pali",
"sense": "living being",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "jantu"
},
{
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "maxlúq",
"sense": "living being",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "مخلوق"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "mowjud",
"sense": "living being",
"word": "موجود"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "maxluq",
"sense": "living being",
"word": "مخلوق"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "living being",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "istota"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "living being",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "stworzenie"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "living being",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "stwór"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "living being",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "criatura"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "living being",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "creatură"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "living being",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ființă"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "living being",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "făptură"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "suščestvó",
"sense": "living being",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "существо́"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sozdánije",
"sense": "living being",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "созда́ние"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tvorénije",
"sense": "living being",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"neuter"
],
"word": "творе́ние"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tvarʹ",
"sense": "living being",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "тварь"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "sattva",
"sense": "living being",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "सत्त्व"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "jantu",
"sense": "living being",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "जन्तु"
},
{
"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"sense": "living being",
"word": "craitur"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "living being",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "creutair"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "living being",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"neuter"
],
"word": "би́ће"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "living being",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "ство̏р"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "living being",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"neuter"
],
"word": "створе́ње"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "living being",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"neuter"
],
"word": "bíće"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "living being",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "stvȍr"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "living being",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"neuter"
],
"word": "stvorénje"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "living being",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tvor"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "living being",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "stvorenie"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "living being",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "stvor"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "living being",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "criatura"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "living being",
"word": "kiumbe"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "living being",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "varelse"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "mavjud",
"sense": "living being",
"word": "мавҷуд"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "maxluq",
"sense": "living being",
"word": "махлуқ"
},
{
"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
"roman": "mäxlük",
"sense": "living being",
"word": "мәхлүк"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "sàt",
"sense": "living being",
"word": "สัตว์"
},
{
"code": "txb",
"lang": "Tocharian B",
"sense": "living being",
"word": "onolme"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "living being",
"word": "yaratık"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "living being",
"word": "mahluk"
},
{
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "living being",
"word": "mahluk"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "istóta",
"sense": "living being",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "істо́та"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "tvarʹ",
"sense": "living being",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "тварь"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "tvarýna",
"sense": "living being",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "твари́на"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "stvórinnja",
"sense": "living being",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ство́ріння"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "maxlūq",
"sense": "living being",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "مخلوق"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "jānvar",
"sense": "living being",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "جانور"
},
{
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "mexluq",
"sense": "living being",
"word": "مەخلۇق"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "living being",
"word": "mahluq"
},
{
"alt": "生物",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "living being",
"word": "sinh vật"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "living being",
"word": "tạo vật"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "living being",
"word": "jafäb"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "living being",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "creadur"
},
{
"code": "fy",
"lang": "West Frisian",
"sense": "living being",
"word": "skepsel"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "bashefenish",
"sense": "living being",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "באַשעפֿעניש"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "brie",
"sense": "living being",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "בריאה"
}
],
"word": "creature"
}
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