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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "organism that feeds on detritus",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "detritivoro"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "organism that feeds on detritus",
"word": "detritivor"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "organism that feeds on detritus",
"word": "detrivore"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "organism that feeds on detritus",
"word": "detrivore"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "organism that feeds on detritus",
"word": "پودهخوار"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "detritofág",
"sense": "organism that feeds on detritus",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "детритофа́г"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "organism that feeds on detritus",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "detritivor"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "organism that feeds on detritus",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "detritívoro"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "organism that feeds on detritus",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "detritívora"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "organism that feeds on detritus",
"word": "ผู้บริโภคซากพืชซากสัตว์"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "organism that feeds on detritus",
"word": "ผู้บริโภคซากอินทรีย์"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "detrytofáh",
"sense": "organism that feeds on detritus",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "детритофа́г"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "organism that feeds on detritus",
"word": "ăn mùn bã"
}
],
"word": "detritivore"
}
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