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{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "Arctic cetacean",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nēohwæl"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "nârvâl",
"sense": "Arctic cetacean",
"word": "ناروال"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "xotu",
"sense": "Arctic cetacean",
"word": "ختو"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "Arctic cetacean",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "narwal"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "Arctic cetacean",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "jednorożec"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "Arctic cetacean",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "narval"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "Arctic cetacean",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "narval"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "narvál",
"sense": "Arctic cetacean",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "нарва́л"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "jedinoróg",
"sense": "Arctic cetacean",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "единоро́г"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "Arctic cetacean",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "muc-mhara adharcach"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "Arctic cetacean",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "на̀рвал"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "Arctic cetacean",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "је̏днорог"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "Arctic cetacean",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "nàrval"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "Arctic cetacean",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "jȅdnorog"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "Arctic cetacean",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "narval"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "Arctic cetacean",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "narval"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "Arctic cetacean",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "enorog"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "Arctic cetacean",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "samorog"
},
{
"code": "dsb",
"lang": "Lower Sorbian",
"sense": "Arctic cetacean",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "narwal"
},
{
"code": "hsb",
"lang": "Upper Sorbian",
"sense": "Arctic cetacean",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "narwal"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "Arctic cetacean",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "narval"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "Arctic cetacean",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "narval"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "naa-waan",
"sense": "Arctic cetacean",
"word": "นาร์วาล"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "Arctic cetacean",
"word": "narval"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "Arctic cetacean",
"word": "deniz gergedanı"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "narvál",
"sense": "Arctic cetacean",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "нарва́л"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"roman": "narval",
"sense": "Arctic cetacean",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "нарвал"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "Arctic cetacean",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "narval"
},
{
"alt": "麒麟𣷭",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "Arctic cetacean",
"word": "kì lân biển"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "Arctic cetacean",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "môr-ungorn"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "Arctic cetacean",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "morfil ungorn"
}
],
"word": "narwhal"
}
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