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"sense": "''Orcinus orca''",
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"sense": "''Orcinus orca''",
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"sense": "''Orcinus orca''",
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"word": "범고래"
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"word": "हिंसक देवमासा"
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"sense": "''Orcinus orca''",
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"word": "鯱"
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"word": "vagna"
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"word": "ارکا"
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "''Orcinus orca''",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "orka"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "''Orcinus orca''",
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"word": "miecznik"
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "''Orcinus orca''",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "orca"
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"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "''Orcinus orca''",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "orca"
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"code": "ru",
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"sense": "''Orcinus orca''",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "коса́тка"
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"code": "ru",
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"sense": "''Orcinus orca''",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "каса́тка"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kit-ubíjca",
"sense": "''Orcinus orca''",
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"masculine"
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"word": "кит-уби́йца"
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"sense": "''Orcinus orca''",
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"sense": "''Orcinus orca''",
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"feminine"
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"feminine"
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"sense": "''Orcinus orca''",
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"word": "späckhuggare"
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"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "waan-pét-chá-kâat",
"sense": "''Orcinus orca''",
"word": "วาฬเพชฌฆาต"
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"lang": "Tlingit",
"sense": "''Orcinus orca''",
"word": "kéet"
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"code": "tr",
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"sense": "''Orcinus orca''",
"word": "katil balina"
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"code": "yag",
"lang": "Yámana",
"sense": "''Orcinus orca''",
"word": "shamanaj"
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