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"masculine"
],
"word": "матереуби́йца"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "person who kills their mother",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "materoubica"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "person who kills their mother",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "majkoubica"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "person who kills their mother",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "matricida"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "person who kills their mother",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "modermördare"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "person who kills their mother",
"word": "matrisida"
}
],
"word": "matricide"
}
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