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"word": "蛸"
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{
"_dis1": "56 41 3",
"alt": "たこ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tako",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "章魚"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 41 3",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tako",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "タコ"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 41 3",
"code": "jv",
"lang": "Javanese",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "gurita"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 41 3",
"code": "kn",
"lang": "Kannada",
"roman": "ākṭopassu",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "ಆಕ್ಟೊಪಸ್ಸು"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 41 3",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "segızaäq",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "сегізаяқ"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 41 3",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "ʼatthaʼkɑɑ",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "អដ្ឋករ"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 41 3",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "rɔɔrɔpiing saʼmot",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "រពីងសមុទ្រ"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 41 3",
"alt": "文魚",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "muneo",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "문어"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 41 3",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "nakji",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "낙지"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 41 3",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "heştpê"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 41 3",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "axtapot"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 41 3",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "heştling"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 41 3",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "segiz but",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "сегиз бут"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 41 3",
"code": "lo",
"english": "cuttlefish, squid or octopus",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "pā mưk",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "ປາມຶກ"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 41 3",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "mollusc",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "polypūs"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 41 3",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "mollusc",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "octopūs"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 41 3",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "mollusc",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "astoņkājis"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 41 3",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "mollusc",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "aštuonkojis"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 41 3",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "oktopód",
"sense": "mollusc",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "октопо́д"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 41 3",
"code": "mg",
"lang": "Malagasy",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "horita"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 41 3",
"code": "mg",
"lang": "Malagasy",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "orita"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 41 3",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "gurita"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 41 3",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "kurita"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 41 3",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "sotong gurita"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 41 3",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "doyak"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 41 3",
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "nīrāḷi",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "നീരാളി"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 41 3",
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "mollusc",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "qarnit"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 41 3",
"code": "msk",
"lang": "Mansaka",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "kogita"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 41 3",
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "mollusc",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "oghtapus"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 41 3",
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "mollusc",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hoght-choshagh"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 41 3",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "wheke"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 41 3",
"code": "mrw",
"lang": "Maranao",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "kogita"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 41 3",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "najmalž",
"sense": "mollusc",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "наймалж"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 41 3",
"code": "na",
"lang": "Nauruan",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "dogiga"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 41 3",
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "łóóʼ bigaan tseebíí"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 41 3",
"code": "nap",
"lang": "Neapolitan",
"sense": "mollusc",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "purpo"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 41 3",
"code": "ne",
"lang": "Nepali",
"roman": "akṭopas",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "अक्टोपस"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 41 3",
"code": "nuk",
"lang": "Nootka",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "tiiłuup"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 41 3",
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "mollusc",
"tags": [
"Guernsey",
"Jersey",
"feminine"
],
"word": "pieuvre"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 41 3",
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "mollusc",
"tags": [
"Sark",
"feminine"
],
"word": "pövr"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 41 3",
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"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "mollusc",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "blekksprut"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 41 3",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "mollusc",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "akkar"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 41 3",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "mollusc",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "blekksprut"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 41 3",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "mollusc",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "akkar"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 41 3",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "mollusc",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pofre"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 41 3",
"code": "or",
"lang": "Odia",
"roman": "ôkṭopôsô",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "ଅକ୍ଟୋପସ"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 41 3",
"code": "or",
"lang": "Odia",
"roman": "ôṣṭôbahu",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "ଅଷ୍ଟବାହୁ"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 41 3",
"code": "or",
"lang": "Odia",
"roman": "kumuṭimuṇa",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "କୁମୁଟିମୁଣା"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 41 3",
"code": "oaa",
"lang": "Orok",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "askuttu"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 41 3",
"code": "os",
"lang": "Ossetian",
"roman": "astk’axyg",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "асткъахыг"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 41 3",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "ahtapot",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "آختاپود"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 41 3",
"code": "pri",
"lang": "Paicî",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "éa"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 41 3",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Palauan",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "bukitang"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 41 3",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Palauan",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "bokitang"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 41 3",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "hašt-pâ",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "هشتپا"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 41 3",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "oxtâpus",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "اختاپوس"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 41 3",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "mollusc",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ośmiornica"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 41 3",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "mollusc",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "polvo"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 41 3",
"code": "pa",
"lang": "Punjabi",
"roman": "tandūā",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "ਤੰਦੂਆ"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 41 3",
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "pulpu"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 41 3",
"code": "rap",
"lang": "Rapa Nui",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "hehe"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 41 3",
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"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "mollusc",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "caracatiță"
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{
"_dis1": "56 41 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "osʹminóg",
"sense": "mollusc",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "осьмино́г"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 41 3",
"code": "ru",
"english": "large",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sprut",
"sense": "mollusc",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "спрут"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 41 3",
"code": "str",
"lang": "Saanich",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "sqim'ək'ʷ"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 41 3",
"code": "sm",
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"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "fe'e"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 41 3",
"code": "sat",
"lang": "Santali",
"roman": "ôkṭôpôs",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "ᱚᱠᱴᱚᱯᱚᱥ"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 41 3",
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"lang": "Sardinian",
"sense": "mollusc",
"tags": [
"Campidanese",
"masculine"
],
"word": "pruppu"
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{
"_dis1": "56 41 3",
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"sense": "mollusc",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ochd-chasach"
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{
"_dis1": "56 41 3",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "mollusc",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "хо̀ботница"
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{
"_dis1": "56 41 3",
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"tags": [
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"masculine"
],
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{
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"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
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{
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"masculine"
],
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{
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{
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"lang": "Sicilian",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "purpu"
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{
"_dis1": "56 41 3",
"code": "si",
"lang": "Sinhalese",
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"sense": "mollusc",
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{
"_dis1": "56 41 3",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "mollusc",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "chobotnica"
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{
"_dis1": "56 41 3",
"code": "sk",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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{
"_dis1": "56 41 3",
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"sense": "mollusc",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"_dis1": "56 41 3",
"code": "so",
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"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "farammugo"
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{
"_dis1": "56 41 3",
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"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "mollusc",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pulpo"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 41 3",
"code": "su",
"lang": "Sundanese",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "gurita"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 41 3",
"code": "sw",
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"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "pweza"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 41 3",
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"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "pweza mkubwa"
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{
"_dis1": "56 41 3",
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"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "mollusc",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "bläckfisk"
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{
"_dis1": "56 41 3",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "pugita"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 41 3",
"code": "tl",
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"word": "salabay"
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{
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"code": "ty",
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"word": "fee"
},
{
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"code": "tg",
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"roman": "haštpo",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "ҳаштпо"
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{
"_dis1": "56 41 3",
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"sense": "mollusc",
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{
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"roman": "ākṭōpas",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "ఆక్టోపస్"
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{
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"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "หมึกยักษ์"
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{
"_dis1": "56 41 3",
"code": "bo",
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"roman": "chu srin lag brgyad",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "ཆུ་སྲིན་ལག་བརྒྱད"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 41 3",
"code": "tpi",
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"word": "urita"
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{
"_dis1": "56 41 3",
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"word": "feke"
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{
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"word": "ahtapot"
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{
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"code": "tk",
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"word": "sekizaýak"
},
{
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vosʹmyníh",
"sense": "mollusc",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "восьмині́г"
},
{
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"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "sprut",
"sense": "mollusc",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "спрут"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 41 3",
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "ākṭopas",
"sense": "mollusc",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "آکٹوپس"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 41 3",
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "haśt-pā",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "ہَشْت پا"
},
{
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"code": "ug",
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"roman": "sekkiz ayagh",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "سەككىز ئاياغ"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 41 3",
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "sakkizoyoq"
},
{
"_dis1": "56 41 3",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "bạch tuộc"
},
{
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"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "loktop"
},
{
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{
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"word": "kugita"
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{
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},
{
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},
{
"_dis1": "56 41 3",
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},
{
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"roman": "oktopus",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "אָקטאָפּוס"
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{
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"masculine"
],
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{
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"masculine"
],
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{
"_dis1": "56 41 3",
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"tags": [
"class-10",
"class-9"
],
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},
{
"_dis1": "56 41 3",
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"class-10",
"class-9"
],
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}
]
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"code": "kxd",
"lang": "Brunei Malay",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "sutung"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "oktopód",
"sense": "mollusc",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "октопо́д"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "bha.wai:",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "ဘဝဲ"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "mollusc",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pop"
},
{
"code": "ceb",
"lang": "Cebuano",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "kugita"
},
{
"code": "ce",
"lang": "Chechen",
"roman": "barhkogberg",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "бархӏкогберг"
},
{
"code": "chr",
"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "adatlvi",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "ᎠᏓᏢᎢ"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "八爪魚"
},
{
"alt": "baat³ zaau² jyu⁴⁻²",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "mollusc",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "八爪鱼"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "章魚"
},
{
"alt": "zoeng¹ jyu⁴, zoeng¹ jyu⁴⁻²",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "章鱼"
},
{
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"sense": "mollusc",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "章魚"
},
{
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "chiuⁿ-hî, chiuⁿ-hû",
"sense": "mollusc",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "章鱼"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "章魚"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhāngyú",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "章鱼"
},
{
"code": "kw",
"lang": "Cornish",
"sense": "mollusc",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "kollell-lesa"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "mollusc",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "chobotnice"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "mollusc",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "blæksprutte"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "mollusc",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "octopus"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "mollusc",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "inktvis"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "mollusc",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kraak"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "polpo"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "seepia"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "tindikala"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "kaheksajalg"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "áttermdur"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "áttaermdur høgguslokkur"
},
{
"code": "fj",
"lang": "Fijian",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "kuita"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "tursas"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "mollusc",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pieuvre"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "mollusc",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "poulpe"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "mollusc",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "polbo"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "rvapexa",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "რვაფეხა"
},
{
"code": "de",
"english": "usual word; scientific for Coleoidea",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "mollusc",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Tintenfisch"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"raw_tags": [
"for the genus Octopus"
],
"sense": "mollusc",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"topics": [
"scientific",
"sciences"
],
"word": "Oktopus"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"raw_tags": [
"for Octopoda"
],
"sense": "mollusc",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"topics": [
"scientific",
"sciences"
],
"word": "Krake"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "chtapódi",
"sense": "mollusc",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "χταπόδι"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "polúpous",
"sense": "mollusc",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "πολύπους"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "oktṓpous",
"sense": "mollusc",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ὀκτώπους"
},
{
"code": "hai",
"lang": "Haida",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "núugyaa"
},
{
"code": "ht",
"lang": "Haitian Creole",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "pyèv"
},
{
"code": "hur",
"lang": "Halkomelem",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "qéymeqw'"
},
{
"code": "haw",
"lang": "Hawaiian",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "heʻe"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "tmanún",
"sense": "mollusc",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "תמנון \\ תְּמָנוּן"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "ŏkṭopas",
"sense": "mollusc",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ऑक्टोपस"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "aṣṭabāhu",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "अष्टबाहु"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "polip"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "mollusc",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kolkrabbi"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "polpo"
},
{
"code": "ilo",
"lang": "Ilocano",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "kurita"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "gurita"
},
{
"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "octopode"
},
{
"code": "ik",
"lang": "Inupiaq",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "nipitchaq"
},
{
"code": "ill",
"lang": "Iranun",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "kurita'"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "mollusc",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ochtapas"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "mollusc",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "piovra"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "mollusc",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "polpo"
},
{
"alt": "たこ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tako",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "蛸"
},
{
"alt": "たこ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tako",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "章魚"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tako",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "タコ"
},
{
"code": "jv",
"lang": "Javanese",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "gurita"
},
{
"code": "kn",
"lang": "Kannada",
"roman": "ākṭopassu",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "ಆಕ್ಟೊಪಸ್ಸು"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "segızaäq",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "сегізаяқ"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "ʼatthaʼkɑɑ",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "អដ្ឋករ"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "rɔɔrɔpiing saʼmot",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "រពីងសមុទ្រ"
},
{
"alt": "文魚",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "muneo",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "문어"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "nakji",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "낙지"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "heştpê"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "axtapot"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "heştling"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "segiz but",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "сегиз бут"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"english": "cuttlefish, squid or octopus",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "pā mưk",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "ປາມຶກ"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "mollusc",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "polypūs"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "mollusc",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "octopūs"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "mollusc",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "astoņkājis"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "mollusc",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "aštuonkojis"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "oktopód",
"sense": "mollusc",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "октопо́д"
},
{
"code": "mg",
"lang": "Malagasy",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "horita"
},
{
"code": "mg",
"lang": "Malagasy",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "orita"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "gurita"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "kurita"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "sotong gurita"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "doyak"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "nīrāḷi",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "നീരാളി"
},
{
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "mollusc",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "qarnit"
},
{
"code": "msk",
"lang": "Mansaka",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "kogita"
},
{
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "mollusc",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "oghtapus"
},
{
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "mollusc",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hoght-choshagh"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "wheke"
},
{
"code": "mrw",
"lang": "Maranao",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "kogita"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "najmalž",
"sense": "mollusc",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "наймалж"
},
{
"code": "na",
"lang": "Nauruan",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "dogiga"
},
{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "łóóʼ bigaan tseebíí"
},
{
"code": "nap",
"lang": "Neapolitan",
"sense": "mollusc",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "purpo"
},
{
"code": "ne",
"lang": "Nepali",
"roman": "akṭopas",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "अक्टोपस"
},
{
"code": "nuk",
"lang": "Nootka",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "tiiłuup"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "mollusc",
"tags": [
"Guernsey",
"Jersey",
"feminine"
],
"word": "pieuvre"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "mollusc",
"tags": [
"Sark",
"feminine"
],
"word": "pövr"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "mollusc",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "blekksprut"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "mollusc",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "akkar"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "mollusc",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "blekksprut"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "mollusc",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "akkar"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "mollusc",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pofre"
},
{
"code": "or",
"lang": "Odia",
"roman": "ôkṭopôsô",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "ଅକ୍ଟୋପସ"
},
{
"code": "or",
"lang": "Odia",
"roman": "ôṣṭôbahu",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "ଅଷ୍ଟବାହୁ"
},
{
"code": "or",
"lang": "Odia",
"roman": "kumuṭimuṇa",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "କୁମୁଟିମୁଣା"
},
{
"code": "oaa",
"lang": "Orok",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "askuttu"
},
{
"code": "os",
"lang": "Ossetian",
"roman": "astk’axyg",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "асткъахыг"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "ahtapot",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "آختاپود"
},
{
"code": "pri",
"lang": "Paicî",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "éa"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Palauan",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "bukitang"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Palauan",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "bokitang"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "hašt-pâ",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "هشتپا"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "oxtâpus",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "اختاپوس"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "mollusc",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ośmiornica"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "mollusc",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "polvo"
},
{
"code": "pa",
"lang": "Punjabi",
"roman": "tandūā",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "ਤੰਦੂਆ"
},
{
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "pulpu"
},
{
"code": "rap",
"lang": "Rapa Nui",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "hehe"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "mollusc",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "caracatiță"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "osʹminóg",
"sense": "mollusc",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "осьмино́г"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "large",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sprut",
"sense": "mollusc",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "спрут"
},
{
"code": "str",
"lang": "Saanich",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "sqim'ək'ʷ"
},
{
"code": "sm",
"lang": "Samoan",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "fe'e"
},
{
"code": "sat",
"lang": "Santali",
"roman": "ôkṭôpôs",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "ᱚᱠᱴᱚᱯᱚᱥ"
},
{
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"sense": "mollusc",
"tags": [
"Campidanese",
"masculine"
],
"word": "pruppu"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "mollusc",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ochd-chasach"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "mollusc",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "хо̀ботница"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "mollusc",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "осмоног"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "mollusc",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "hòbotnica"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "mollusc",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "osmonog"
},
{
"code": "sei",
"lang": "Seri",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "hapaj"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "mollusc",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "purpu"
},
{
"code": "si",
"lang": "Sinhalese",
"roman": "būwallā",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "බූවල්ලා"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "mollusc",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "chobotnica"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "mollusc",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "osmonoh"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "mollusc",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "hobotnica"
},
{
"code": "so",
"lang": "Somali",
"sense": "mollusc",
"word": "farammugo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "mollusc",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pulpo"
},
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"code": "vo",
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"code": "zu",
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"ref": "2006, Stuart Lloyd, Gone Troppo: Hot Babes, Warm Weather, Cold Beer. Paradise!",
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"ref": "2018, Derrick C. Brown, Hello. It Doesn't Matter.",
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"ref": "1997, The Unesco Courier - Volume 50, Issues 1-6, page 33",
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"ref": "2002, Susan Goyette, Lures: A Novel, page 224",
"text": "He had attached three more on so now there were seven legs octopussing out from underneath the chair.",
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"ref": "2013, Jesse Hayworth, Jessica Andersen, Summer at Mustang Ridge",
"text": "The main house was a sprawling gray two-story structure with breezeways connecting it to the dining hall and another large wing, making it look like it had outgrown itself and octopused to the other spaces.",
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"ref": "1963, Hardware Age - Volume 203, Issues 7-10, page 88",
"text": "If they're all for a single indoor tree, caution against \"octopusing\" of cords from other cords, and the use of a number of cords in a single receptacle.",
"type": "quotation"
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{
"ref": "1985, Ted C. Williams, The Reservation, page 206",
"text": "By now, the reservation had electricity so THAT had to be octopussed out to the trailers too.",
"type": "quotation"
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{
"ref": "2010, Arthur Nersesian, Mesopotamia, page 53",
"text": "The three electrical outlets I could see—though located six feet above the ground, beyond all their little reaches—were octopussed with what looked like more plugs than the circuits could handle.",
"type": "quotation"
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"ref": "2011, Richard Sanders, Dead Heat, page 74",
"text": "It was an eight-channel audio recording snake, a bundled set of cables with eight plugs octopussing out of either end.",
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"ref": "1937, Fight Against War and Fascism - Volumes 5-6, page 34",
"text": "The interlocking business organizations have octopussed beyond all imagining in recent years; they are intermingled with citizens' union-smashing committees and women's strikebreaking “patriotic” groups, such as Neutral Thousands and Women of the Pacific.",
"type": "quotation"
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"ref": "1953, Dun's Review and Modern Industry, volume 62, August-December 1953, page 256",
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"type": "quotation"
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"ref": "1978, William Edward Field, A Review of the Undergraduate Program in Agricultural Education at the University of Minnesota, 1977, page 349",
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"ref": "1993, Mohammad Abdul Mannan, Growth and development of small enterprise, page 92",
"text": "The performance of it, however, did not improve, being octopussed by centuries-old not-to-move bureaucracy.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2000, Murray Bromberg, The Wagers of Sin, page 102",
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"ref": "1956, Travel - Volume 105, page 46",
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"ref": "1977, Peter Howorth, Foraging Along the California Coast, Capra Press, page 97",
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"ref": "1993, Poyer Lin, NGATIK MASSACRE PB, page 163",
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"ref": "2009, Becky Citra, Whiteout, page 20",
"text": "“Strangled in the middle of the night by one of Molly's eight legs.”\n“Mo-om!” Molly kicked Robin in the shins.\n“Owww!” Robin lunged against the door. “I've been octopused!”",
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"ref": "2015, Natasha Pulley, The Watchmaker of Filigree Street",
"text": "It was quite a conincidence for a mechanical sea creature and he was speculating whether it could possibly have been done on purpose when Katsu stole his other sock and flopped on to the floor with an unbiological bang, whereupon it octopused out of the open door and slid down the banister.",
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