See ling in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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[
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"food"
],
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"fish",
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[
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"feminine"
],
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"tags": [
"masculine"
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"masculine"
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"feminine"
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"sense": "Any of various marine food fish, of the genus Molva",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"sense": "Any of various marine food fish, of the genus Molva",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"feminine"
],
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
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"_dis1": "82 18",
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"feminine"
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"sense": "Any of various marine food fish, of the genus Molva",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"tags": [
"masculine"
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"sense": "Any of various marine food fish, of the genus Molva",
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"masculine"
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"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "Any of various marine food fish, of the genus Molva",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "Any of various marine food fish, of the genus Molva",
"word": "molva"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "Any of various marine food fish, of the genus Molva",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lotte"
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "Any of various marine food fish, of the genus Molva",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"code": "is",
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"sense": "Any of various marine food fish, of the genus Molva",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"code": "ga",
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"sense": "Any of various marine food fish, of the genus Molva",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "langa"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "Any of various marine food fish, of the genus Molva",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bod mór"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "Any of various marine food fish, of the genus Molva",
"word": "hoka"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "Any of various marine food fish, of the genus Molva",
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"sense": "Any of various marine food fish, of the genus Molva",
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"feminine"
],
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"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "Any of various marine food fish, of the genus Molva",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "langa"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "Any of various marine food fish, of the genus Molva",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "maruca"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "Any of various marine food fish, of the genus Molva",
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"common-gender"
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"ref": "1931, Dorothy L. Sayers, The Five Red Herrings:",
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
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"sense": "Any of various varieties of heather or broom",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "Any of various varieties of heather or broom",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bruguerola"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "Any of various varieties of heather or broom",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vřes"
},
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "Any of various varieties of heather or broom",
"word": "kanerva"
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "Any of various varieties of heather or broom",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "Any of various varieties of heather or broom",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "Any of various varieties of heather or broom",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "carroucha"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "Any of various varieties of heather or broom",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "carpaza"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "Any of various varieties of heather or broom",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Besenheide"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "Any of various varieties of heather or broom",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "fraoch"
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{
"code": "it",
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"masculine"
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"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
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"sense": "Any of various varieties of heather or broom",
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"feminine"
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