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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "word occurring only once",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hápax"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "gapaks",
"sense": "word occurring only once",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "гапакс"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "word occurring only once",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "jednokratnica"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "word occurring only once",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "legomena hápax"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "word occurring only once",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hápax"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "word occurring only once",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "hapax legomenon"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "word occurring only once",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "hapax"
}
],
"word": "hapax legomenon"
}
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