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"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "lotofáhy",
"sense": "one of the Lotophagi",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "лотофа́ги"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "someone with an easy life who does not worry about much",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "giolla na leisce"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"lotus-eaters"
],
"word": "lotus-eater"
}
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