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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "legendary creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sereio"
},
{
"code": "sd",
"lang": "Sindhi",
"sense": "legendary creature",
"word": "جل مانس"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "legendary creature",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tritón"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "legendary creature",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "havsman"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "legendary creature",
"word": "siyokoy"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "legendary creature",
"word": "deniz erkeği"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"sense": "legendary creature",
"word": "جل مانس"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "legendary creature",
"word": "người cá"
}
],
"word": "merman"
}
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