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{
"word": "Mergus octosetaceus"
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"word": "common merganser"
},
{
"word": "Mergus merganser"
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{
"word": "hooded merganser"
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{
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{
"word": "red-breasted merganser"
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"sense": "diving duck",
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{
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"sense": "diving duck",
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"sense": "diving duck",
"word": "koskelo"
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"sense": "diving duck",
"word": "秋沙"
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "biori",
"sense": "diving duck",
"word": "비오리"
},
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"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "diving duck",
"word": "naalʼeełí bidaatsʼózí"
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"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "diving duck",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kroxálʹ",
"sense": "diving duck",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "кроха́ль"
},
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"code": "ru",
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"sense": "diving duck",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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"word": "большо́й кроха́ль"
},
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"sense": "diving duck",
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],
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"word": "serreta grande"
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"sense": "diving duck",
"word": "skrake"
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"sense": "diving duck",
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"word": "common merganser"
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{
"word": "Mergus merganser"
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{
"word": "hooded merganser"
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{
"word": "Lophodytes cucullatus"
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{
"word": "red-breasted merganser"
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{
"word": "Mergus serrator"
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{
"word": "scaly-sided merganser"
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
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"sense": "diving duck",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
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"masculine"
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"word": "Kappensäger"
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"code": "de",
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"tags": [
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"word": "Mittelsäger"
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"code": "de",
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "diving duck",
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"sense": "diving duck",
"word": "koskelo"
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"code": "ja",
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"sense": "diving duck",
"word": "秋沙"
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{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "biori",
"sense": "diving duck",
"word": "비오리"
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"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "diving duck",
"word": "naalʼeełí bidaatsʼózí"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "diving duck",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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