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"roman": "ḏubāb ḥawwām",
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"word": "ذُبَاب حَوَّام"
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"roman": "ḏubāb az-zuhūr",
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"sense": "fly in the family Syrphidae",
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"feminine"
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"sense": "fly in the family Syrphidae",
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"feminine"
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"sense": "fly in the family Syrphidae",
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"sense": "fly in the family Syrphidae",
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"sense": "fly in the family Syrphidae",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "blómufluga"
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{
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"sense": "fly in the family Syrphidae",
"word": "kukkakärpänen"
},
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"sense": "fly in the family Syrphidae",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "syrphe"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "fly in the family Syrphidae",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Schwebfliege"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "fly in the family Syrphidae",
"word": "zengőlégy"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "fly in the family Syrphidae",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "sirfidi"
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"alt": "ハナアブ",
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"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hanaabu",
"sense": "fly in the family Syrphidae",
"word": "花虻"
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "kkotdeung'egwa",
"sense": "fly in the family Syrphidae",
"word": "꽃등에과"
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"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "fly in the family Syrphidae",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "žiedmusė"
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"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "fly in the family Syrphidae",
"word": "tséʼédǫ́ʼii dishooí"
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{
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "fly in the family Syrphidae",
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"masculine"
],
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"sense": "fly in the family Syrphidae",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"code": "sh",
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"sense": "fly in the family Syrphidae",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"sense": "fly in the family Syrphidae",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "trepetavka"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "fly in the family Syrphidae",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sírfido"
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{
"code": "sv",
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"sense": "fly in the family Syrphidae",
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],
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{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "dzjurčálka",
"sense": "fly in the family Syrphidae",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "дзюрча́лка"
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"Any of various flies from the family Syrphidae that hover in the air and feed on the nectar of flowers."
],
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"word": "hover fly"
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḏubāb ḥawwām",
"sense": "fly in the family Syrphidae",
"word": "ذُبَاب حَوَّام"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḏubāb az-zuhūr",
"sense": "fly in the family Syrphidae",
"word": "ذُبَاب الزُّهُور"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "sirfa",
"sense": "fly in the family Syrphidae",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "سِرْفَة"
},
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"roman": "žurčalka",
"sense": "fly in the family Syrphidae",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "журчалка"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "cvetarka",
"sense": "fly in the family Syrphidae",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "цветарка"
},
{
"code": "cs",
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"sense": "fly in the family Syrphidae",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pestřenka"
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{
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"sense": "fly in the family Syrphidae",
"tags": [
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"word": "vosička"
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"sense": "fly in the family Syrphidae",
"word": "zweefvlieg"
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"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "fly in the family Syrphidae",
"word": "sirfedo"
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{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "fly in the family Syrphidae",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "blómufluga"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "fly in the family Syrphidae",
"word": "kukkakärpänen"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "fly in the family Syrphidae",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "syrphe"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "fly in the family Syrphidae",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Schwebfliege"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "fly in the family Syrphidae",
"word": "zengőlégy"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "fly in the family Syrphidae",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sirfidi"
},
{
"alt": "ハナアブ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hanaabu",
"sense": "fly in the family Syrphidae",
"word": "花虻"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "kkotdeung'egwa",
"sense": "fly in the family Syrphidae",
"word": "꽃등에과"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "fly in the family Syrphidae",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "žiedmusė"
},
{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "fly in the family Syrphidae",
"word": "tséʼédǫ́ʼii dishooí"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "fly in the family Syrphidae",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bzyg"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "žurčálka",
"sense": "fly in the family Syrphidae",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "журча́лка"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "fly in the family Syrphidae",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "osolika muha"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "fly in the family Syrphidae",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "trepetavka"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "fly in the family Syrphidae",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sírfido"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "fly in the family Syrphidae",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "blomfluga"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "dzjurčálka",
"sense": "fly in the family Syrphidae",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "дзюрча́лка"
}
],
"word": "hoverfly"
}
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