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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "metíl",
"sense": "univalent hydrocarbon radical, CH3",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "мети́л"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "univalent hydrocarbon radical, CH3",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "metilo"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "metýl",
"sense": "univalent hydrocarbon radical, CH3",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "мети́л"
}
],
"word": "methyl"
}
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