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"_dis1": "0 0 0",
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"text": "Devils Lake is where I began my career as a limnologist in 1964, studying the lake’s neotenic salamanders and chironomids, or midge flies. […] The Devils Lake Basin is an endorheic, or closed, basin covering about 9,800 square kilometers in northeastern North Dakota.",
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{
"rhymes": "-ɪdʒ"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"lang_code": "sq",
"sense": "fly of family Chironomidae or Ceratopogonidae",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mushicë"
},
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"lang_code": "sq",
"sense": "fly of family Chironomidae or Ceratopogonidae",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "harrje"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"lang_code": "hy",
"roman": "mlak",
"sense": "fly of family Chironomidae or Ceratopogonidae",
"word": "մլակ"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"lang_code": "az",
"sense": "fly of family Chironomidae or Ceratopogonidae",
"word": "mız"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"lang_code": "az",
"sense": "fly of family Chironomidae or Ceratopogonidae",
"word": "muz"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"roman": "yáowén",
"sense": "fly of family Chironomidae or Ceratopogonidae",
"word": "摇蚊"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"lang_code": "cs",
"sense": "fly of family Chironomidae or Ceratopogonidae",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pakomár"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"lang_code": "cs",
"sense": "fly of family Chironomidae or Ceratopogonidae",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pakomárec"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"lang_code": "da",
"sense": "fly of family Chironomidae or Ceratopogonidae",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "myg"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"lang_code": "nl",
"sense": "fly of family Chironomidae or Ceratopogonidae",
"word": "mug"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "fly of family Chironomidae or Ceratopogonidae",
"word": "sääski"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "fly of family Chironomidae or Ceratopogonidae",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "moucheron"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "fly of family Chironomidae or Ceratopogonidae",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Mücke"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"lang_code": "izh",
"sense": "fly of family Chironomidae or Ceratopogonidae",
"word": "moška"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"lang_code": "ga",
"sense": "fly of family Chironomidae or Ceratopogonidae",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "míoltóg"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "fly of family Chironomidae or Ceratopogonidae",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "moscerino"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"roman": "yusurika",
"sense": "fly of family Chironomidae or Ceratopogonidae",
"word": "ユスリカ"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"lang_code": "ko",
"roman": "mogi",
"sense": "fly of family Chironomidae or Ceratopogonidae",
"word": "모기"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"sense": "fly of family Chironomidae or Ceratopogonidae",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "culex"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"lang_code": "lv",
"sense": "fly of family Chironomidae or Ceratopogonidae",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "miģele"
},
{
"code": "nds-de",
"lang": "Low German",
"lang_code": "nds-de",
"sense": "fly of family Chironomidae or Ceratopogonidae",
"tags": [
"German-Low-German",
"feminine"
],
"word": "Mügg"
},
{
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"lang_code": "gv",
"sense": "fly of family Chironomidae or Ceratopogonidae",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "meeyl"
},
{
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"lang_code": "gv",
"sense": "fly of family Chironomidae or Ceratopogonidae",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "quill"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Māori",
"lang_code": "mi",
"sense": "fly of family Chironomidae or Ceratopogonidae",
"word": "namupoto"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Māori",
"lang_code": "mi",
"sense": "fly of family Chironomidae or Ceratopogonidae",
"word": "naonao"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Māori",
"lang_code": "mi",
"sense": "fly of family Chironomidae or Ceratopogonidae",
"word": "nahonaho"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Māori",
"lang_code": "mi",
"sense": "fly of family Chironomidae or Ceratopogonidae",
"word": "pōngarongaro"
},
{
"code": "niq",
"lang": "Nandi",
"lang_code": "niq",
"sense": "fly of family Chironomidae or Ceratopogonidae",
"word": "kipcharkarario"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"lang_code": "nrf",
"sense": "fly of family Chironomidae or Ceratopogonidae",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bibet"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"lang_code": "no",
"sense": "fly of family Chironomidae or Ceratopogonidae",
"word": "knott"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"lang_code": "no",
"sense": "fly of family Chironomidae or Ceratopogonidae",
"word": "mygg"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "fly of family Chironomidae or Ceratopogonidae",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kuczman"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "fly of family Chironomidae or Ceratopogonidae",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mosquito"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "moška",
"sense": "fly of family Chironomidae or Ceratopogonidae",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "мошка"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"lang_code": "gd",
"sense": "fly of family Chironomidae or Ceratopogonidae",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "meanbh-chuileag"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "fly of family Chironomidae or Ceratopogonidae",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "jején"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "fly of family Chironomidae or Ceratopogonidae",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mosquito"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "fly of family Chironomidae or Ceratopogonidae",
"word": "mygg"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"lang_code": "uk",
"roman": "moška",
"sense": "fly of family Chironomidae or Ceratopogonidae",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "мошка"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"lang_code": "uk",
"roman": "muška",
"sense": "fly of family Chironomidae or Ceratopogonidae",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "мушка"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"lang_code": "vi",
"sense": "fly of family Chironomidae or Ceratopogonidae",
"word": "ruồi nhuế"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"lang_code": "cy",
"sense": "fly of family Chironomidae or Ceratopogonidae",
"word": "gwybedyn"
}
],
"word": "midge"
}
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