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"roman": "xod",
"sense": "ability to move",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ход"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "ability to move",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "локомоција"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "ability to move",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "lokomocija"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "ability to move",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "locomoción"
}
],
"word": "locomotion"
}
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