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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "gaviál",
"sense": "crocodilian of genus Gavialis",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "гавиа́л"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "crocodilian of genus Gavialis",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gavial"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "crocodilian of genus Gavialis",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "gavial"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "kariyāl",
"sense": "crocodilian of genus Gavialis",
"word": "கரியால்"
},
{
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "re 'byams mchu ring",
"sense": "crocodilian of genus Gavialis",
"word": "རེ་འབྱམས་མཆུ་རིང་།"
}
],
"word": "gavial"
}
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