See drow in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"(fantasy roleplaying games, uncountable) A fictional constructed language spoken by the Drow."
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},
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "fictional dark elf",
"word": "drow"
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"code": "fi",
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"word": "musta haltia"
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"sense": "fictional dark elf",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
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},
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "fictional dark elf",
"word": "sötéttünde"
},
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"masculine"
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"English uncountable nouns",
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"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:English/aʊ",
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