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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "congenital excess of melanin pigmentation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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"sense": "congenital excess of melanin pigmentation",
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"sense": "congenital excess of melanin pigmentation",
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{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "congenital excess of melanin pigmentation",
"word": "melanismo"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "congenital excess of melanin pigmentation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mélanisme"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "congenital excess of melanin pigmentation",
"tags": [
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],
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},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "congenital excess of melanin pigmentation",
"word": "melanizmus"
},
{
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"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "congenital excess of melanin pigmentation",
"word": "melanismo"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "congenital excess of melanin pigmentation",
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"masculine"
],
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{
"alt": "黑色症",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "heuksaekjeung",
"sense": "congenital excess of melanin pigmentation",
"word": "흑색증"
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"sense": "congenital excess of melanin pigmentation",
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"sense": "congenital excess of melanin pigmentation",
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "congenital excess of melanin pigmentation",
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"masculine"
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"word": "melanizm"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "congenital excess of melanin pigmentation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "melanismo"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "melanízm",
"sense": "congenital excess of melanin pigmentation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "мелани́зм"
},
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "congenital excess of melanin pigmentation",
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"masculine"
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"sense": "congenital excess of melanin pigmentation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "congenital excess of melanin pigmentation",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
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{
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"sense": "congenital excess of melanin pigmentation",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "melanisme"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "congenital excess of melanin pigmentation",
"word": "melanismo"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "congenital excess of melanin pigmentation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mélanisme"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "congenital excess of melanin pigmentation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Melanismus"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "congenital excess of melanin pigmentation",
"word": "melanizmus"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "congenital excess of melanin pigmentation",
"word": "melanismo"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "congenital excess of melanin pigmentation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "melanismo"
},
{
"alt": "黑色症",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "heuksaekjeung",
"sense": "congenital excess of melanin pigmentation",
"word": "흑색증"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "congenital excess of melanin pigmentation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "melanisme"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "congenital excess of melanin pigmentation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "melanisme"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "congenital excess of melanin pigmentation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "melanizm"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "congenital excess of melanin pigmentation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "melanismo"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "melanízm",
"sense": "congenital excess of melanin pigmentation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "мелани́зм"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "congenital excess of melanin pigmentation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "melanismo"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "congenital excess of melanin pigmentation",
"tags": [
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"word": "melanism"
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