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"word": "ფოსა"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "pit, groove, cavity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Vertiefung"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "pit, groove, cavity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "log"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "pit, groove, cavity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "clais"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "pit, groove, cavity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ùdubina"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "pit, groove, cavity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fossu"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "pit, groove, cavity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fossa"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "pit, groove, cavity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pirtusu"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "pit, groove, cavity",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "fossa"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "pit, groove, cavity",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "fördjupning"
}
],
"word": "fossa"
}
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"English 2-syllable words",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms borrowed from Malagasy",
"English terms derived from Malagasy",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)",
"Rhymes:English/uːsə",
"Rhymes:English/uːsə/2 syllables",
"Rhymes:English/ɑsə",
"Rhymes:English/ɑsə/2 syllables",
"Rhymes:English/ɒsə",
"Rhymes:English/ɒsə/2 syllables",
"Rhymes:English/ɔsə",
"Rhymes:English/ɔsə/2 syllables",
"Rhymes:English/ʊsə",
"Rhymes:English/ʊsə/2 syllables",
"en:Euplerids",
"pt:Euplerids",
"pt:Landforms"
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "fossa",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Portuguese: fossa",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Portuguese: fossa"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "Fossa",
"2": "genus"
},
"expansion": "Fossa",
"name": "taxlink"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "mul",
"2": "Fossa",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Translingual: Fossa",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Translingual: Fossa"
}
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "Cryptoprocta ferox",
"2": "species"
},
"expansion": "Cryptoprocta ferox",
"name": "taxfmt"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "mg",
"3": "fosa"
},
"expansion": "Malagasy fosa",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "Mustela nudipes",
"2": "species"
},
"expansion": "Mustela nudipes",
"name": "taxlink"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ms",
"2": "pusak"
},
"expansion": "Malay pusak",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "tl",
"2": "pusa"
},
"expansion": "Tagalog pusa",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "[Alt: Cryptoprocta ferox\nBorrowing from Malagasy fosa which likely once referred to the Malayan weasel (Mustela nudipes) prior to a semantic shift, thus cognate with Malay pusak and Tagalog pusa both meaning \"cat\".",
"forms": [
{
"form": "fossas",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {},
"expansion": "fossa (plural fossas)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"A large nocturnal reddish-brown catlike mammal (Cryptoprocta ferox) of the civet family, endemic to the rainforests of Madagascar. It is slender, long-tailed and has retractile claws and anal scent glands."
],
"links": [
[
"nocturnal",
"nocturnal"
],
[
"catlike",
"catlike"
],
[
"mammal",
"mammal"
],
[
"Cryptoprocta ferox",
"Cryptoprocta ferox#Translingual"
],
[
"civet",
"civet"
],
[
"endemic",
"endemic"
],
[
"rainforest",
"rainforest"
],
[
"Madagascar",
"Madagascar"
],
[
"slender",
"slender"
],
[
"retractile",
"retractile"
],
[
"claw",
"claw"
],
[
"anal",
"anal"
],
[
"scent gland",
"scent gland"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"other": "[ˈfusə̥]"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈfuː.sə/",
"tags": [
"UK",
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈfʊ.sə/",
"tags": [
"UK",
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈfɒ.sə/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈfɑ.sə/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈfɔ.sə/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-uːsə"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ʊsə"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɒsə"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɑsə"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɔsə"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fossa.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9b/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-fossa.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-fossa.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9b/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-fossa.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-fossa.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "fōsa",
"sense": "Cryptoprocta ferox",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "فوسا"
},
{
"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "phosa",
"sense": "Cryptoprocta ferox",
"word": "ফছা"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "dǎlgoopašata vivera",
"sense": "Cryptoprocta ferox",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "дългоопашата вивера"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "Cryptoprocta ferox",
"word": "馬島狸"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "maa⁵ dou² lei⁴",
"sense": "Cryptoprocta ferox",
"word": "马岛狸"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "Cryptoprocta ferox",
"word": "馬島長尾狸貓"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "Mǎdǎo chángwěilímāo",
"sense": "Cryptoprocta ferox",
"word": "马岛长尾狸猫"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "Cryptoprocta ferox",
"word": "馬島獴"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "Mǎdǎo měng",
"sense": "Cryptoprocta ferox",
"word": "马岛獴"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "Cryptoprocta ferox",
"word": "窩靈貓"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "wōlíngmāo",
"sense": "Cryptoprocta ferox",
"word": "窝灵猫"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "Cryptoprocta ferox",
"word": "隱肛狸"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yǐngānglí",
"sense": "Cryptoprocta ferox",
"word": "隐肛狸"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "Cryptoprocta ferox",
"word": "foso"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "Cryptoprocta ferox",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fossa"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "posa",
"sense": "Cryptoprocta ferox",
"word": "ფოსა"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "Cryptoprocta ferox",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Fossa"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "fosah",
"sense": "Cryptoprocta ferox",
"word": "פוֹסָה"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "Cryptoprocta ferox",
"word": "fossza"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "Cryptoprocta ferox",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fosa"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "fossa",
"sense": "Cryptoprocta ferox",
"word": "フォッサ"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "posa",
"sense": "Cryptoprocta ferox",
"word": "포사"
},
{
"code": "mg",
"lang": "Malagasy",
"sense": "Cryptoprocta ferox",
"word": "fosa"
},
{
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "Cryptoprocta ferox",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fossa"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "Cryptoprocta ferox",
"word": "fossa"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "Cryptoprocta ferox",
"word": "fossa"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "Cryptoprocta ferox",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fossa"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "Cryptoprocta ferox",
"word": "fossa"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "fóssa",
"sense": "Cryptoprocta ferox",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "фо́сса"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "Cryptoprocta ferox",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "fossa"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "Cryptoprocta ferox",
"word": "fossa"
}
],
"word": "fossa"
}
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