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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ζύγαινα"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gwisang'eo",
"sense": "shark",
"word": "귀상어"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"english": "shark",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "shark",
"word": "mangō pare"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "shark",
"word": "mangōpare"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "shark",
"word": "kakere"
},
{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "shark",
"word": "łóóʼ hashkéhé bitsiiʼ dikʼání"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "shark",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hammerhai"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "shark",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "rekin młot"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "akúla-mólot",
"sense": "shark",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "аку́ла-мо́лот"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "rýba-mólot",
"sense": "shark",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ры́ба-мо́лот"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "shark",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cornudilla"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "shark",
"word": "çekiç başlı köpek balığı"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "shark",
"word": "cá mập đầu búa"
}
],
"word": "hammerhead"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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