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"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "cartilage",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "kremzlė"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "cartilage",
"word": "uaua"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "cartilage",
"word": "pakaua"
},
{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "cartilage",
"word": "ooshgę́ę́zh"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "cartilage",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "eitel"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "cartilage",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "eitel"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "cartilage",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Gnurpel"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "cartilage",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "chrząstka"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "cartilage",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cartilagem"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "cartilage",
"word": "zgârci"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "xrjašč",
"sense": "cartilage",
"word": "хрящ"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "xrjáščik",
"sense": "cartilage",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "хря́щик"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "cartilage",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cartílago"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "cartilage",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ternilla"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "cartilage",
"word": "brosk"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "cartilage",
"word": "kartilag"
}
],
"word": "gristle"
}
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