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"word": "resurrection man"
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"word": "body snatcher"
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"ref": "1927, H.P. Lovecraft, Pickman's Model",
"text": "The other chamber had shown a pack of ghouls and witches over-running the world of our forefathers, but this one brought the horror right into our own daily life!.",
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"ref": "1962, “Monster Mash”, Bobby \"Boris\" Pickett and Lenny Capizzi (lyrics), performed by Bobby (Boris) Pickett and The Crypt-Kickers",
"text": "From my laboratory in the Castle east\nTo the master bedroom, where the vampires feast\nThe ghouls all came from their humble abodes\nTo get a jolt from my electrodes\nThey did the Mash\nThey did the Monster Mash.",
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"A demon said to feed on corpses."
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"roman": "ḡūl",
"sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
"tags": [
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"sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
"word": "qulyabanı"
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"sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
"word": "qul"
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"roman": "ğul",
"sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
"word": "South Azerbaijani غول"
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"sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
"word": "食屍鬼"
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"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "shíshīguǐ",
"sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
"word": "食尸鬼"
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"sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
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"masculine"
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
"word": "kadavromanĝulo"
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"code": "eo",
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"sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
"word": "ĥulo"
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"sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
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"sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
"tags": [
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "guli",
"sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
"word": "გული"
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "vamṗiri",
"sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
"word": "ვამპირი"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "Ghul"
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"code": "he",
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"sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ע'ול"
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"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "ġūl",
"sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ग़ूल"
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"code": "hi",
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"roman": "piśāc",
"sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "पिशाच"
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"code": "hi",
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"roman": "gūl",
"sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "गूल"
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"sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
"tags": [
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"word": "náæta"
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"code": "io",
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"sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
"word": "gulo"
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"code": "ga",
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"sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "amhailt"
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"_dis1": "83 1 14 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
"word": "gula"
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"_dis1": "83 1 14 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
"word": "ghoul"
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"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "gūru",
"sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
"word": "グール"
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "guul",
"sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
"word": "구울"
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"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "gul",
"sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
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"roman": "vámpir",
"sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
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"roman": "tálasam",
"sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "та́ласам"
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"code": "oj",
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"sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
"word": "wiindigoo"
},
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"roman": "ğul",
"sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
"word": "غول"
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"code": "fa",
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"sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
"word": "غول"
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"sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
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"sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
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"word": "carniçal"
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"tags": [
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"_dis1": "83 1 14 2",
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"code": "ro",
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"sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "vampir"
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"_dis1": "83 1 14 2",
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "gulʹ",
"sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "гуль"
},
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"_dis1": "83 1 14 2",
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"sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
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"word": "вурдала́к"
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"roman": "vampír",
"sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "вампи́р"
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"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "gul"
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"_dis1": "83 1 14 2",
"code": "es",
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"sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
"word": "demonio necrófago"
},
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"word": "ghoul"
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"code": "tr",
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"sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
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"_dis1": "83 1 14 2",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
"word": "şeytan"
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"_dis1": "83 1 14 2",
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"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
"word": "hortlak"
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"_dis1": "83 1 14 2",
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"code": "bg",
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"roman": "maroder",
"sense": "a graverobber",
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"_dis1": "1 93 2 4",
"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "a graverobber",
"word": "盜墓者"
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"_dis1": "1 93 2 4",
"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "dàomùzhě",
"sense": "a graverobber",
"word": "盗墓者"
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"sense": "a graverobber",
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"word": "vykradač hrobů"
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"roman": "saplavis mʒarcveli",
"sense": "a graverobber",
"word": "საფლავის მძარცველი"
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"roman": "mároder",
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"word": "ма́родер"
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"sense": "a graverobber",
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"sense": "a graverobber",
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"masculine"
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"word": "jefuitor de morminte"
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"sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
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"sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
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"roman": "vamṗiri",
"sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
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"sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
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"masculine"
],
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"roman": "ġūl",
"sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
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"sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
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"sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
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"sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
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"sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
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"feminine"
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"sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
"word": "gula"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
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"sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
"word": "グール"
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"sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
"word": "구울"
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"sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
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"tags": [
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"sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
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"sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "вампи́р"
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"sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gul"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
"word": "demonio necrófago"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
"word": "ghoul"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
"word": "gulyabani"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
"word": "şeytan"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
"word": "hortlak"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
"word": "gul"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "a spirit said to feed on corpses",
"word": "gûl"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "maroder",
"sense": "a graverobber",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "мародер"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "a graverobber",
"word": "盜墓者"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "dàomùzhě",
"sense": "a graverobber",
"word": "盗墓者"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "a graverobber",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vykradač hrobů"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "saplavis mʒarcveli",
"sense": "a graverobber",
"word": "საფლავის მძარცველი"
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"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "mároder",
"sense": "a graverobber",
"tags": [
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"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "a graverobber",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "hiena cmentarna"
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{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "a graverobber",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "jefuitor de morminte"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "a graverobber",
"tags": [
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"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "a graverobber",
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