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"zoology"
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{
"code": "ale",
"lang": "Aleut",
"lang_code": "ale",
"sense": "(zoology) covering flap in animals",
"word": "hmuqatix̂"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"lang_code": "ca",
"sense": "(zoology) covering flap in animals",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "opercle"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"roman": "yǎn",
"sense": "(zoology) covering flap in animals",
"word": "厴 /厣"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"lang_code": "cs",
"sense": "(zoology) covering flap in animals",
"word": "skřele"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"lang_code": "cs",
"sense": "(zoology) covering flap in animals",
"word": "žaberní víčko"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"note": "in fish",
"sense": "(zoology) covering flap in animals",
"word": "kiduskansi"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "(zoology) covering flap in animals",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "opercule"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"lang_code": "ga",
"sense": "(zoology) covering flap in animals",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lannach"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"lang_code": "ga",
"sense": "(zoology) covering flap in animals",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "clúidín"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "(zoology) covering flap in animals",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "opercolo"
},
{
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"lang_code": "gv",
"sense": "(zoology) covering flap in animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bleayst"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Māori",
"lang_code": "mi",
"sense": "(zoology) covering flap in animals",
"word": "kōrama (in shellfish)"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Māori",
"lang_code": "mi",
"sense": "(zoology) covering flap in animals",
"word": "kata (of shellfish)"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"lang_code": "fa",
"roman": "darpuš",
"sense": "(zoology) covering flap in animals",
"word": "درپوش"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "(zoology) covering flap in animals",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "opérculo"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "obolóčka",
"sense": "(zoology) covering flap in animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "оболо́чка"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "pokrýška",
"sense": "(zoology) covering flap in animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "покры́шка"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "gill cover",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "žábernaja krýška",
"sense": "(zoology) covering flap in animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"translation": "gill cover",
"word": "жа́берная кры́шка"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "(zoology) covering flap in animals",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "opérculo"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"lang_code": "tl",
"sense": "(zoology) covering flap in animals",
"word": "unya"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"lang_code": "fa",
"roman": "darpuš",
"sense": "(botany) lidlike portion on a sporangium or fruit that detaches",
"word": "درپوش"
}
],
"word": "operculum"
}
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