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"code": "nuk",
"lang": "Nootka",
"sense": "fish of the order Pleuronectiformes",
"word": "p̕uuḥu"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "fish of the order Pleuronectiformes",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "flatfisk"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "fish of the order Pleuronectiformes",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "flyndrefisk"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "fish of the order Pleuronectiformes",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "płastuga"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "fish of the order Pleuronectiformes",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "linguado"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "fish of the order Pleuronectiformes",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "solha"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "plóskaja rýba",
"sense": "fish of the order Pleuronectiformes",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "пло́ская ры́ба"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "fish of the order Pleuronectiformes",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pacach-cearr"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "fish of the order Pleuronectiformes",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "plosnatica"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "fish of the order Pleuronectiformes",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pez plano"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "fish of the order Pleuronectiformes",
"word": "plattfisk"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "fish of the order Pleuronectiformes",
"word": "isdang-lapad"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "fish of the order Pleuronectiformes",
"word": "darapa"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "kámbala",
"sense": "fish of the order Pleuronectiformes",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ка́мбала"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "fish of the order Pleuronectiformes",
"word": "cá bơn"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "fish of the order Pleuronectiformes",
"word": "cá thờn bơn"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "fish of the order Pleuronectiformes",
"word": "cá lờn bơn"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "fish of the order Pleuronectiformes",
"word": "thờn bơn"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "fish of the order Pleuronectiformes",
"word": "lờn bơn"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "fish of the order Pleuronectiformes",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lleden"
}
],
"word": "flatfish"
}
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