See peal in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"A small salmon; a grilse; a sewin."
],
"links": [
[
"salmon",
"salmon"
],
[
"grilse",
"grilse"
],
[
"sewin",
"sewin"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/piːl/"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-peal.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/db/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-peal.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-peal.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/db/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-peal.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-peal.wav.ogg"
},
{
"homophone": "peel"
},
{
"rhymes": "-iːl"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "peel"
}
],
"word": "peal"
}
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