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"word": "ryþþa"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "powerful, deep-chested, and smooth-coated dog",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "roþhund"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "powerful, deep-chested, and smooth-coated dog",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mastif"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "powerful, deep-chested, and smooth-coated dog",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mastiff"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "powerful, deep-chested, and smooth-coated dog",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mastyf"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "powerful, deep-chested, and smooth-coated dog",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mastim"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "powerful, deep-chested, and smooth-coated dog",
"word": "dogue"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "powerful, deep-chested, and smooth-coated dog",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mastif"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dog",
"sense": "powerful, deep-chested, and smooth-coated dog",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "дог"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "powerful, deep-chested, and smooth-coated dog",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mastín"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "powerful, deep-chested, and smooth-coated dog",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "alano"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "powerful, deep-chested, and smooth-coated dog",
"word": "dogo"
},
{
"code": "bo",
"english": "'dogs khyi",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"sense": "powerful, deep-chested, and smooth-coated dog",
"word": "འདོགས་ཁྱི"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "powerful, deep-chested, and smooth-coated dog",
"word": "mastif"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "powerful, deep-chested, and smooth-coated dog",
"word": "doeg"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "powerful, deep-chested, and smooth-coated dog",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mastiff"
}
],
"word": "mastiff"
}
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