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"2": "lira"
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"name": "cog"
}
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"form": "lires",
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"plural"
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}
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"name": "en-noun"
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{
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"British English",
"English dialectal terms",
"Orkney English",
"Scottish English",
"Shetland English",
"en:Ornithology"
],
"glosses": [
"The Manx shearwater (bird)."
],
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[
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],
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"Manx shearwater"
]
],
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"Scotland",
"Shetland",
"UK",
"dialectal"
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"biology",
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"ornithology"
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"Old French terms inherited from Latin",
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"3": "lire"
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"2": "noun form"
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"plural of lira"
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"rhymes": "-ɪəɹə"
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{
"homophone": "lyre (some pronunciations)"
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