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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "maʕaziyy",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or characteristic of goats",
"word": "مَعَزِيّ"
},
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"code": "ar",
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"roman": "maʕziyy",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or characteristic of goats",
"word": "مَعْزِيّ"
},
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"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "kazíny",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or characteristic of goats",
"word": "казі́ны"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "kózi",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or characteristic of goats",
"word": "ко́зи"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or characteristic of goats",
"word": "kozí"
},
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or characteristic of goats",
"word": "hircin"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or characteristic of goats",
"word": "Ziegen-"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or characteristic of goats",
"word": "kozi"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or characteristic of goats",
"word": "hircino"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kózij",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or characteristic of goats",
"word": "ко́зий"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or characteristic of goats",
"word": "kozí"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or characteristic of goats",
"word": "caprario"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "kózjačyj",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or characteristic of goats",
"word": "ко́зячий"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "kozýnyj",
"sense": "of, pertaining to, or characteristic of goats",
"word": "кози́ний"
}
],
"word": "hircine"
}
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"2": "la",
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"2": "hircin"
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"2": "caprine"
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"1": "en",
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"Received-Pronunciation"
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"US"
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"US"
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"sense": "hircinous resin",
"word": "hircite"
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