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"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"alt": "Blastobasis glandulella and Cydia splendana",
"word": "acorn moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"taxonomic": "Atteva aurea",
"word": "ailanthus moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"taxonomic": "Cadra cautella",
"word": "almond moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "almond tree leaf skeletoniser moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"taxonomic": "Aglaope infausta",
"word": "almond tree leaf skeletonizer moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"taxonomic": "Ectoedemia castaneae",
"word": "American chestnut moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"taxonomic": "Sitotroga cerealella",
"word": "Angoumois moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"alt": "Trisyntopa scatophaga",
"word": "antbed parrot moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "Charaeas graminis",
"word": "antler moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "apple moth*"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"taxonomic": "Schinia arcigera",
"word": "arcigera flower moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"taxonomic": "Gynaephora groenlandica",
"word": "arctic woolly bear moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "arge moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "aspen leaf blotch miner moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"taxonomic": "Attacus atlas",
"word": "Atlas moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"taxonomic": "Epirrita autumnata",
"word": "autumnal moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"taxonomic": "Psychidae spp.",
"word": "bag moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"taxonomic": "Psychidae spp",
"word": "bagworm moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "bee moth*"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"taxonomic": "Archips rosaceana",
"word": "bell moth*"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "black moth*"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"taxonomic": "Lymantria monacha",
"word": "black-arched moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"taxonomic": "Agrotis infusa",
"word": "bogong moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "book moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"taxonomic": "Cydalima perspectalis",
"word": "box tree moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"taxonomic": "Opisthograptis luteolata",
"word": "brimstone moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "brown-tailed moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "brown-tail moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"taxonomic": "Euproctis chrysorrhoea",
"word": "browntail moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"taxonomic": "Hemileuca maia",
"word": "buck moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"taxonomic": "Spilonota ocellana",
"word": "bud moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"taxonomic": "Phalera bucephala",
"word": "buff-tip moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"taxonomic": "Attagenus spp.",
"word": "buffalo moth*"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "bumblebee moth*"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"taxonomic": "Metzneria lappella",
"word": "burdock seedhead moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"taxonomic": "Euclidia glyphica",
"word": "burnet companion moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"taxonomic": "Zygaenidae spp.",
"word": "burnet moth*"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"taxonomic": "Plutella xylostella",
"word": "cabbage moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"taxonomic": "Ephestia elutella",
"word": "cacao moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "cactus moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"taxonomic": "Tinea pellionella",
"word": "carpet moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"taxonomic": "Coleophoridae spp.",
"word": "case moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"taxonomic": "Hyalophora cecropia",
"word": "cecropia moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "chestnut clearwing moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "common clothes moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"taxonomic": "Utetheisa lotrix",
"word": "crotalaria moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"taxonomic": "Cadra cautella",
"word": "chocolate moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"taxonomic": "Tyria jacobaeae",
"word": "cinnabar moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "Sesiidae spp. and Hemaris spp.",
"word": "clearwing moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"taxonomic": "Tineidae spp.",
"word": "clothes moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "clothing moth*"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "codlin moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"taxonomic": "Cydia pomonella",
"word": "codling moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"taxonomic": "Argema mittrei",
"word": "comet moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"taxonomic": "Oecophoridae spp.",
"word": "concealer moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"taxonomic": "Tinea granella",
"word": "corn moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"taxonomic": "Pyrausta nubilalis",
"word": "corn borer moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "cosmet moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"taxonomic": "Alabama argillacea",
"word": "cotton leafworm moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"taxonomic": "Alabama argillacea",
"word": "cotton moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"taxonomic": "Limacodidae spp.",
"word": "cup moth*"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"taxonomic": "Abraxas grossulariata",
"word": "currant moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"taxonomic": "Incurvaria capitella",
"word": "currant-shoot moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "cutworm moth*"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"taxonomic": "Samia cynthia",
"word": "cynthia moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "Acronicta} spp.",
"word": "dagger moth*"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"taxonomic": "Agrotis spp.",
"word": "dart moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"taxonomic": "Agaristinae spp.",
"word": "day-moth*"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"taxonomic": "Acherontia spp.",
"word": "death's head moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "diamond-back moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"taxonomic": "Plutella xylostella",
"word": "diamondback moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"taxonomic": "Melanchra persicariae",
"word": "dot moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "drinker moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"taxonomic": "Saturniinae spp.",
"word": "emperor moth*"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"taxonomic": "Yponomeutidae spp.",
"word": "ermine moth*"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "ficus tussock moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "flour moth*"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "flower moth*"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "fox moth*"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "fungus moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "geometer moth*"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"taxonomic": "Geometridae spp.",
"word": "geometrid moth*"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"taxonomic": "Hepialidae spp.",
"word": "ghost moth*"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "giant leopard moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "giant peacock moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "gipsy moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"taxonomic": "Lymantria dispar",
"word": "gypsy moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "goat moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "gold moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "gooseberry-moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "grass moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "harnessed moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "herald moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"taxonomic": "Phobetron pithecium",
"word": "hag moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "hawk moth*"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "hawk-moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "hawkmoth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"taxonomic": "Galleria mellonella",
"word": "honeycomb moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"taxonomic": "Hemaris thysbe",
"word": "hummingbird moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "imperial moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "Indian meal moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "io moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "Io moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "kitten moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "laced day-moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "lackey moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "lappet moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "Laysan hedyleptan moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "leafroller moth*"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "leaf roller moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "leek moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "leopard moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "lichen moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "like a moth to a flame"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "like a moth to flame"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "like a moth to the flame"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "litter moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "lobster moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "luna moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "magpie moth*"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "many-plumed moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "meal moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "Mediterranean flour moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "miller moth*"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "mill moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "mint moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "moon moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "moth ball"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "moth-ball"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "mothball"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"alt": "Aleurodes spp. or Aleurodidae spp.",
"word": "moth blight"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "moth borer"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"taxonomic": "Liphyra brassolis",
"word": "moth butterfly"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "moth-eaten"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "mothed"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "mothen"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "moth-er"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "mother"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"taxonomic": "Callistege mi",
"word": "Mother Shipton moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "moth flower"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"taxonomic": "Psychodidae spp.",
"word": "moth fly*"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "moth freckle"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "moth-fretted"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "moth-fretten"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"taxonomic": "Psychodidae spp.",
"word": "moth gnat*"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"taxonomic": "Caprimulgidae spp.",
"word": "moth hawk*"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"taxonomic": "Caprimulgidae spp.",
"word": "moth hunter*"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"taxonomic": "Ithonidae spp.",
"word": "moth lacewing"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "mothless"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "moth-like"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "mothlike"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"taxonomic": "Psychodidae spp.",
"word": "moth midge*"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "moth miller"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"taxonomic": "Verbascum blattaria",
"word": "moth mullein"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"taxonomic": "Phalaenopsis spp.",
"word": "moth orchid*"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "moth patch"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"taxonomic": "Phalaenopsis spp.",
"word": "moth plant*"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "moth-proof"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "mothproof"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"taxonomic": "Castniidae spp.",
"word": "moth sphinx*"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "moth spot"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "moth-time"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "mothweed"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "moth wing"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "mothwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "mothy"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"taxonomic": "Amphipyra tragopoginis",
"word": "mouse moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "Noctuidae",
"word": "night moth ("
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "northern scurfy Quaker moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"taxonomic": "Epirrita dilutata",
"word": "November moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "nun moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "oak processionary moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"taxonomic": "Lithacodes fasciola",
"word": "ochre-winged hag moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "Oriental fruit moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "oriental leafworm moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"taxonomic": "Noctuidae spp.",
"word": "owlet moth*"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "owl moth*"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "pale November moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "Pandora sphinx moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "pantry moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "parsnip moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"alt": "Apina callisto",
"word": "pasture day moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "peach fruit moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "peacock moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "pear leaf blister moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "peppered moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "Pernyi moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "pitch moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "plume moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"taxonomic": "Antheraea polyphemus",
"word": "polyphemus moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "potato moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "privet hawk moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "processionary moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "prominent moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "pug-moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "puss moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "rabbit moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "rice moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "rosy marsh moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "royal walnut moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "rustic moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "satin moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "scallop moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "sea moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "sequoia pitch moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "shipton moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "short-cloaked moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "silkmoth*"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "silkworm moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "silver moth"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"taxonomic": "Prolimacodes badia",
"word": "skiff moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"taxonomic": "Limacodidae spp/",
"word": "slug moth*"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "snout moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "South American bollworm moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "southern flannel moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "sphinx moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "spongy moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "Sri Lankan tussar silk moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "summer fruit tortrix moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "sunflower moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "sunset moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "swallow-tailed moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "swift moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"taxonomic": "Tinea pellionella",
"word": "tapestry moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "teak moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"alt": "Arctiidae spp.",
"word": "tiger moth*"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"taxonomic": "Ephestia elutella",
"word": "tobacco moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "tomato moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "tree lucerne moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "tropical warehouse moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "turnip moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "turpentine moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"taxonomic": "Lymantriinae spp.",
"word": "tussock moth*"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "twirler moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"taxonomic": "Schizura unicornis",
"word": "unicorn moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "V moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "veneer moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "vine moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "vine-moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "wax moth*"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "Washington udea moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "waterlily leafcutter moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "webbing clothes moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "webmoth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "web moth*"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "webworm moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "wheat moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "white-fringed pyrausta moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"taxonomic": "Oinophila spp.",
"word": "wine moth*"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"taxonomic": "Operophtera brumata",
"word": "winter moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"taxonomic": "Thermesiini spp.",
"word": "witch moth*"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "wool moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"taxonomic": "Autographa gamma",
"word": "Y moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"taxonomic": "Lithacodes fasciola",
"word": "yellow-shouldered slug moth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"taxonomic": "Tegeticula yuccasella",
"word": "yucca moth"
}
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},
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"roman": "cagaan erveexej",
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"word": "цагаан эрвээхэй"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "insect similar to a butterfly",
"word": "iichʼąhii"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "insect similar to a butterfly",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "ange"
},
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"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "insect similar to a butterfly",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "cahuche"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
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"tags": [
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"word": "papillon d'niet"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "nb",
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"sense": "insect similar to a butterfly",
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"neuter"
],
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},
{
"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "nb",
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"sense": "insect similar to a butterfly",
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],
"word": "nattsvermer"
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"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "insect similar to a butterfly",
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],
"word": "møll"
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"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "nn",
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],
"word": "nattsvermar"
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],
"word": "arna"
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"word": "蛾"
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{
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"code": "ota",
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"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
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"word": "پروانه"
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"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "ota",
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"word": "فراشه"
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{
"_dis1": "95 5",
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"sense": "insect similar to a butterfly",
"word": "بید"
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"_dis1": "95 5",
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{
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],
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"word": "motyl nocny"
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"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "insect similar to a butterfly",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mariposa"
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"_dis1": "95 5",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ਪਤੰਗਾ"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 5",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ਪਰਵਾਨਾ"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "insect similar to a butterfly",
"word": "puyu"
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{
"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "rgn",
"lang": "Romagnol",
"sense": "insect similar to a butterfly",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "faléna"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "ro",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"_dis1": "95 5",
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"feminine"
],
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{
"_dis1": "95 5",
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"masculine"
],
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"feminine"
],
"word": "ночна́я ба́бочка"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "sc",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "arna"
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{
"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "sc",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tacatia"
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{
"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "sc",
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"feminine"
],
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{
"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "gd",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "leòman"
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{
"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "sh",
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"masculine"
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{
"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "sh",
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"sense": "insect similar to a butterfly",
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"feminine"
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{
"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "sh",
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"masculine"
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"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "sh",
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"feminine"
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{
"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "si",
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"sense": "insect similar to a butterfly",
"word": "සලඹයා"
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"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "sk",
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"masculine"
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"_dis1": "95 5",
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],
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"_dis1": "95 5",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "polilla"
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"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "sw",
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"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
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"_dis1": "95 5",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "afarṭu"
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"word": "ผีเสื้อกลางคืน"
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"_dis1": "95 5",
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"sense": "insect similar to a butterfly",
"word": "güve"
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{
"_dis1": "95 5",
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"sense": "insect similar to a butterfly",
"word": "цӏецӏ"
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"_dis1": "95 5",
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"feminine"
],
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"_dis1": "95 5",
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{
"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "vi",
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"sense": "insect similar to a butterfly",
"word": "ngài"
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{
"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "vi",
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"_dis1": "95 5",
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"word": "plume moth"
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{
"taxonomic": "Antheraea polyphemus",
"word": "polyphemus moth"
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{
"word": "potato moth"
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{
"word": "privet hawk moth"
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{
"word": "processionary moth"
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{
"word": "prominent moth"
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{
"word": "pug-moth"
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{
"word": "puss moth"
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{
"word": "rabbit moth"
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{
"word": "rice moth"
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{
"word": "rosy marsh moth"
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{
"word": "royal walnut moth"
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{
"word": "rustic moth"
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{
"word": "satin moth"
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{
"word": "scallop moth"
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{
"word": "sea moth"
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{
"word": "sequoia pitch moth"
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{
"word": "shipton moth"
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
"word": "South American bollworm moth"
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{
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{
"word": "sphinx moth"
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{
"word": "spongy moth"
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{
"word": "Sri Lankan tussar silk moth"
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{
"word": "summer fruit tortrix moth"
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{
"word": "sunflower moth"
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{
"word": "sunset moth"
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{
"word": "swallow-tailed moth"
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{
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{
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{
"word": "tree lucerne moth"
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{
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{
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{
"word": "turpentine moth"
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{
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{
"word": "twirler moth"
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
"word": "Washington udea moth"
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{
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{
"word": "webbing clothes moth"
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{
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{
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{
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{
"word": "wheat moth"
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{
"word": "white-fringed pyrausta moth"
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{
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"taxonomic": "Thermesiini spp.",
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{
"word": "wool moth"
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{
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{
"taxonomic": "Lithacodes fasciola",
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"lang": "Ainu",
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"feminine"
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"tags": [
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],
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"sense": "insect similar to a butterfly",
"word": "ჩრჩილი"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ɣamis ṗeṗela",
"sense": "insect similar to a butterfly",
"word": "ღამის პეპელა"
},
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"code": "de",
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],
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"code": "got",
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"sense": "insect similar to a butterfly",
"word": "𐌼𐌰𐌻𐍉"
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"sense": "insect similar to a butterfly",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
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},
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"masculine"
],
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},
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"sense": "insect similar to a butterfly",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "סָס"
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{
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"sense": "insect similar to a butterfly",
"word": "पतंगा"
},
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"word": "परवाना"
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"sense": "insect similar to a butterfly",
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"code": "hu",
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"code": "io",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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"sense": "insect similar to a butterfly",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "falena"
},
{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "insect similar to a butterfly",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tarma"
},
{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "insect similar to a butterfly",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "camola"
},
{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "insect similar to a butterfly",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "tignola"
},
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"word": "蛾"
},
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"code": "kn",
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"sense": "insect similar to a butterfly",
"word": "ಚಿಟ್ಟೆ"
},
{
"code": "pam",
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"word": "kambubulag"
},
{
"code": "kk",
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"sense": "insect similar to a butterfly",
"word": "көбелек"
},
{
"code": "km",
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"roman": "sɑɑtvɑɑkhmout",
"sense": "insect similar to a butterfly",
"word": "សត្វខ្មូត"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "nabang",
"sense": "insect similar to a butterfly",
"word": "나방"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "ka bư̄a",
"sense": "insect similar to a butterfly",
"word": "ກະເບື້ອ"
},
{
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"expansion": "moth (countable and uncountable, plural moths)",
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}
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"categories": [
"Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)"
],
"glosses": [
"The plant Vigna aconitifolia, moth bean."
],
"links": [
[
"moth bean",
"moth bean"
]
],
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"countable",
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]
}
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{
"ipa": "/məʊt/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/moʊt/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
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},
{
"homophone": "moat"
},
{
"homophone": "mote"
},
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"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
},
{
"enpr": "mōt",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
}
],
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{
"sense": "Vigna aconitifolia",
"word": "Turkish gram"
},
{
"sense": "Vigna aconitifolia",
"word": "mat bean"
},
{
"sense": "Vigna aconitifolia",
"word": "matki"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "é",
"sense": "Vigna aconitifolia",
"word": "蛾"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "Vigna aconitifolia",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Mattenbohne"
}
],
"word": "moth"
}
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"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
"English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"English heteronyms",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms derived from Irish",
"en:Moths",
"en:Vigna beans"
],
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"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "mot",
"3": "",
"4": "woman; wife"
},
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"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ga",
"3": "maith",
"4": "",
"5": "goodness"
},
"expansion": "Irish maith (“goodness”)",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Alternative form of mot (“woman; wife”), likely under influence from Irish maith (“goodness”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "moths",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {},
"expansion": "moth (plural moths)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English slang",
"Irish English"
],
"glosses": [
"A girlfriend."
],
"links": [
[
"girlfriend",
"girlfriend"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Ireland, slang) A girlfriend."
],
"tags": [
"Ireland",
"slang"
]
}
],
"word": "moth"
}
{
"categories": [
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"English lemmas",
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"en:Vigna beans"
],
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"form": "moths",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"args": {},
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"name": "en-noun"
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],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "mote"
}
],
"categories": [
"English obsolete forms"
],
"glosses": [
"Obsolete form of mote."
],
"links": [
[
"mote",
"mote#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"obsolete"
]
},
{
"categories": [
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"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1895, Good Housekeeping, page 196, ISSN: 0731-3462",
"text": "To remove moth patches, wash the spots with a solution of common bicarbonate of soda and water several times a day, until the patches are removed, which will usually be in forty-eight hours."
},
{
"ref": "1999, R. L. Gupta, Directory of Diseases & Cures: In Homoeopathy, page 254",
"text": "Craves for sour things, chalks and eggs, fatty people with light brown spots on the face or liver spots, moth patches on forehead and cheek.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2005, J. D. Patil, Textbook of Applied Materia Medica, page 108",
"text": "There are signs of liver affections as weakness, yellow complexion, liver spots, and moth spot like a saddle over the nose.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A liver spot, especially an irregular or feathery one."
],
"links": [
[
"liver spot",
"liver spot"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(dated) A liver spot, especially an irregular or feathery one."
],
"tags": [
"dated"
]
}
],
"word": "moth"
}
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