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"ref": "2012, John Loret, John T. Tanacredi, Easter Island, Springer Science & Business Media, page 26",
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"english": "the stone platform of the moai",
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"sense": "stone statue on Easter Island",
"word": "摩艾石像"
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"sense": "stone statue on Easter Island",
"word": "moai"
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"sense": "stone statue on Easter Island",
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"masculine"
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"word": "moai"
},
{
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"roman": "mó'ài shíxiàng",
"sense": "stone statue on Easter Island",
"word": "摩艾石像"
},
{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "stone statue on Easter Island",
"word": "moai"
},
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"sense": "stone statue on Easter Island",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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},
{
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"sense": "stone statue on Easter Island",
"word": "モアイ"
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"roman": "moai",
"sense": "stone statue on Easter Island",
"word": "모아이"
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "stone statue on Easter Island",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "moai"
},
{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "stone statue on Easter Island",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "moái"
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