See ick in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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],
"etymology_number": 3,
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "-"
},
"expansion": "ick (uncountable)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"extra": "fish disease",
"word": "ich"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Alternative form of ich (“fish disease”)"
],
"links": [
[
"ich",
"ich#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative",
"uncountable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɪk/"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-ick.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8f/En-us-ick.ogg/En-us-ick.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8f/En-us-ick.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪk"
}
],
"word": "ick"
}
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