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"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "resembling pitch in colour",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "piceo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "resembling pitch in colour",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "piceo"
}
],
"word": "piceous"
}
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