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"sense": "instrument with pins",
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "česalka",
"sense": "instrument with pins",
"tags": [
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "instrument with pins",
"tags": [
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"word": "rastrillo"
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"code": "sv",
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"sense": "instrument with pins",
"word": "häckla"
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"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "instrument with pins",
"tags": [
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"word": "heislan"
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"word": "heisyllt"
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"One of the long, narrow feathers on the neck of birds, most noticeable on the rooster."
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"(usually now in the plural) One of the long, narrow feathers on the neck of birds, most noticeable on the rooster."
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"code": "ar",
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"sense": "feather on the neck of bird",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "قَوْزَعَة"
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"(fishing) A feather used to make a fishing lure or a fishing lure incorporating a feather."
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"text": "When the dog got angry, his hackles rose and he growled.",
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"ref": "1976, Richard Dawkins, The Selfish Gene, Kindle edition, OUP Oxford, published 2016, page 101",
"text": "Suppose it happened to be the case that the majority of individuals raised their hackles only when they were truly intending to go on for a very long time in the war of attrition. The obvious counterploy would evolve: individuals would give up immediately when an opponent raised his hackles.",
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"By extension (because the hackles of a rooster are lifted when it is angry), the hair on the nape of the neck in dogs and other animals; also used figuratively for humans."
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"(usually now in the plural) By extension (because the hackles of a rooster are lifted when it is angry), the hair on the nape of the neck in dogs and other animals; also used figuratively for humans."
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"word": "niskakarva"
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"sense": "hair on the nape of the neck of animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "хо́лка"
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"ref": "1949, Eric Philbrook Kelly, The Amazing Journey of David Ingram, page 11",
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"ref": "1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the \"Stranger People's\" Country, Nebraska, published 2005, page 155",
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"word": "طرامق"
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