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"sense": "bird",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "ostrygojad"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ostraceiro"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "scoicar"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ostrigar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kulík-soróka",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "кули́к-соро́ка"
},
{
"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"Orcadian",
"archaic"
],
"word": "chalder"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "brìd-eun"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gille-brìghde"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "trìlleachan"
},
{
"code": "sms",
"lang": "Skolt Sami",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "cââǥǥan"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lastúrničiar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ostrero"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "kizamiachaza"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "strandskata"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "poyraz kuşu"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "kulyk-soroka",
"sense": "bird",
"word": "кулик-сорока"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "bird",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pioden môr"
}
],
"word": "oystercatcher"
}
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