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"word": "mate urutā"
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"code": "mi",
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"sense": "any highly contagious epidemic disease",
"word": "urutā."
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"sense": "any highly contagious epidemic disease",
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"sense": "any highly contagious epidemic disease",
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"word": "𐎗𐎌𐎔"
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