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"sense": "any aquatic animal that obtains nourishment by filtering particles of food from the water in which it lives",
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"sense": "any aquatic animal that obtains nourishment by filtering particles of food from the water in which it lives",
"word": "ravintonsa siivilöimällä ottava eläin"
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"sense": "any aquatic animal that obtains nourishment by filtering particles of food from the water in which it lives",
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"sense": "any aquatic animal that obtains nourishment by filtering particles of food from the water in which it lives",
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"sense": "any aquatic animal that obtains nourishment by filtering particles of food from the water in which it lives",
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"word": "filtrador"
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"word": "фильтра́тор"
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