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"en:Muscles",
"en:Rooms",
"en:Toilet (room)"
],
"etymology_number": 5,
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "-s"
},
"expansion": "-s",
"name": "af"
}
],
"etymology_text": "A clipping of latitude + -s.",
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "noun form"
},
"expansion": "lats",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"form_of": [
{
"extra": "latitude",
"word": "lat"
}
],
"glosses": [
"plural of lat: latitude."
],
"links": [
[
"lat",
"lat#English"
],
[
"latitude",
"latitude"
]
],
"tags": [
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"plural"
]
}
],
"word": "lats"
}
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