See dust devil in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"sense": "a swirling dust in the air",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "vertigo"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"sense": "a swirling dust in the air",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vortex"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"lang_code": "mk",
"roman": "prašinski vior",
"sense": "a swirling dust in the air",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "прашински виор"
},
{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"lang_code": "nv",
"sense": "a swirling dust in the air",
"word": "náátsʼǫ́ʼoołdísii"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"lang_code": "nb",
"sense": "a swirling dust in the air",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "støvvirvel"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"lang_code": "pdt",
"sense": "a swirling dust in the air",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Wintkjriesel"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "a swirling dust in the air",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "trąba pyłowa"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "a swirling dust in the air",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "redemoinho"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "a swirling dust in the air",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pé-de-vento"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "pylevój vixrʹ",
"sense": "a swirling dust in the air",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "пылево́й вихрь"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "pýlʹnyj vixrʹ",
"sense": "a swirling dust in the air",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "пы́льный вихрь"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "pesčányj vixrʹ",
"sense": "a swirling dust in the air",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "песча́ный вихрь"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "a swirling dust in the air",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "torbellino de polvo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "a swirling dust in the air",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "remolino de polvo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "a swirling dust in the air",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tolvanera"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"lang_code": "sw",
"sense": "a swirling dust in the air",
"word": "kimbunga"
}
],
"word": "dust devil"
}
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