See egret in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"sense": "Any of various wading birds of the genera Egretta or Ardea",
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"word": "martinet"
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"sense": "Any of various wading birds of the genera Egretta or Ardea",
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"word": "白鷺 /白鹭"
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"sense": "Any of various wading birds of the genera Egretta or Ardea",
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"sense": "Any of various wading birds of the genera Egretta or Ardea",
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"sense": "Any of various wading birds of the genera Egretta or Ardea",
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "Any of various wading birds of the genera Egretta or Ardea",
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"sense": "Any of various wading birds of the genera Egretta or Ardea",
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"word": "aigrette"
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"sense": "Any of various wading birds of the genera Egretta or Ardea",
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"code": "gl",
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"sense": "Any of various wading birds of the genera Egretta or Ardea",
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"word": "garza"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "Any of various wading birds of the genera Egretta or Ardea",
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"word": "Reiher"
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],
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"sense": "Any of various wading birds of the genera Egretta or Ardea",
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"word": "χουλιάρι"
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "Any of various wading birds of the genera Egretta or Ardea",
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"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "Any of various wading birds of the genera Egretta or Ardea",
"tags": [
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"word": "éigrit"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "Any of various wading birds of the genera Egretta or Ardea",
"word": "garzetta"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "Any of various wading birds of the genera Egretta or Ardea",
"word": "airone guardabuoi"
},
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"alt": "しらさぎ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shirasagi",
"sense": "Any of various wading birds of the genera Egretta or Ardea",
"word": "白鷺"
},
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"sense": "Any of various wading birds of the genera Egretta or Ardea",
"word": "シラサギ"
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"sense": "Any of various wading birds of the genera Egretta or Ardea",
"word": "kuntul"
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "waegari",
"sense": "Any of various wading birds of the genera Egretta or Ardea",
"word": "왜가리"
},
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "hae'oragi",
"sense": "Any of various wading birds of the genera Egretta or Ardea",
"word": "해오라기"
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"alt": "白鷺",
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"roman": "baengno",
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"word": "백로"
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"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "Any of various wading birds of the genera Egretta or Ardea",
"word": "bangau"
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"roman": "veḷḷarikkokkŭ",
"sense": "Any of various wading birds of the genera Egretta or Ardea",
"word": "വെള്ളരിക്കൊക്ക്"
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"word": "കൊക്ക്"
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"sense": "Any of various wading birds of the genera Egretta or Ardea",
"word": "toohjįʼ ndiigaii"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "Any of various wading birds of the genera Egretta or Ardea",
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"word": "czapla"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "Any of various wading birds of the genera Egretta or Ardea",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "garça"
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"code": "rhg",
"lang": "Rohingya",
"roman": "boga",
"sense": "Any of various wading birds of the genera Egretta or Ardea",
"word": "𐴁𐴡𐴒𐴝"
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"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "Any of various wading birds of the genera Egretta or Ardea",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "egretă"
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"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "Any of various wading birds of the genera Egretta or Ardea",
"tags": [
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"word": "stârc alb"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bélaja cáplja",
"sense": "Any of various wading birds of the genera Egretta or Ardea",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "бе́лая ца́пля"
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"code": "ru",
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"sense": "Any of various wading birds of the genera Egretta or Ardea",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "ца́пля"
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"code": "es",
"english": "Ardea",
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"sense": "Any of various wading birds of the genera Egretta or Ardea",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "garza"
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"code": "es",
"english": "Egretta",
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"sense": "Any of various wading birds of the genera Egretta or Ardea",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "garceta"
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"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "Any of various wading birds of the genera Egretta or Ardea",
"word": "cò"
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"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "Any of various wading birds of the genera Egretta or Ardea",
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"word": "crëyr"
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"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "Any of various wading birds of the genera Egretta or Ardea",
"tags": [
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"word": "aderyn y bwn"
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"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "Any of various wading birds of the genera Egretta or Ardea",
"tags": [
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"plural"
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"word": "adar y bwn"
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{
"code": "wo",
"lang": "Wolof",
"sense": "Any of various wading birds of the genera Egretta or Ardea",
"word": "xodd gi"
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"word": "egret"
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