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"lang": "French",
"sense": "oval",
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},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "oval",
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"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "oval",
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{
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"word": "elliptisk"
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{
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"sense": "oval",
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{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "oval",
"word": "elíptico"
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{
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"sense": "oval",
"word": "эллипти́ческий"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "oval",
"word": "elíptico"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "oval",
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},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "showing ellipsis",
"word": "el·líptic"
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{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "showing ellipsis",
"word": "elliptisk"
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{
"code": "da",
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"sense": "showing ellipsis",
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{
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"sense": "showing ellipsis",
"word": "elliptisch"
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "showing ellipsis",
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"tags": [
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"word": "elíptico"
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{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "showing ellipsis",
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"code": "ga",
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"sense": "showing ellipsis",
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{
"code": "ga",
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"word": "timpeallach"
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"sense": "showing ellipsis",
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "concise, condensed",
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},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "concise, condensed",
"word": "elliptisk"
},
{
"code": "nn",
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"word": "elliptisk"
},
{
"code": "ru",
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"sense": "concise, condensed",
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"masculine"
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{
"code": "ru",
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}
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"An elliptical galaxy."
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