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},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "tube",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "aloze"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "tube",
"word": "epididymis"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "tube",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sēklinieka piedēklis"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "tube",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sėklidės prielipas"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "tube",
"word": "pōkai tātea"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "tube",
"word": "bitestikkel"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "barbax",
"sense": "tube",
"word": "بربخ"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "tube",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "najądrze"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "tube",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "epidídimo"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "tube",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "epididim"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pridátok jaíčka",
"sense": "tube",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "прида́ток яи́чка"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "tube",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "пасеменик"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "tube",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "пасјеменик"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "tube",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "pasemenik"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "tube",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "pasjemenik"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "tube",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nadsemenník"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "tube",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "obmodek"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "tube",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "epidídimo"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "tube",
"word": "bitestikel"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "tube",
"word": "puno ng anurang-punlay"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "tube",
"word": "epididimis"
}
],
"word": "epididymis"
}
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