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"word": "Dall's porpoise"
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"word": "finless porpoise"
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"4": "",
"5": "porpoise",
"lit": "pig-fish"
},
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"name": "der"
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"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "porcus",
"4": "",
"5": "pig"
},
"expansion": "Latin porcus (“pig”)",
"name": "der"
},
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"2": "piscis",
"3": "",
"4": "fish"
},
"expansion": "piscis (“fish”)",
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"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "pesce porco"
},
"expansion": "Italian pesce porco",
"name": "cog"
},
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"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "peixe porco"
},
"expansion": "Portuguese peixe porco",
"name": "cog"
},
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"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "porcus marinus",
"3": "",
"4": "sea hog"
},
"expansion": "Latin porcus marinus (“sea hog”)",
"name": "cog"
},
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"1": "de",
"2": "Meerschwein"
},
"expansion": "German Meerschwein",
"name": "cog"
},
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"args": {
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"2": "mereswine"
},
"expansion": "English mereswine",
"name": "cog"
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"2": "mereswine"
},
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"etymology_text": "From Middle English porpeys, purpeys, borrowed from Anglo-Norman porpeis, purpeis, Old French pourpois, porpois, pourpais, porpeis (“porpoise”), from Vulgar Latin *porcopiscis (“porpoise”, literally “pig-fish”), from Latin porcus (“pig”) + piscis (“fish”). Compare (in transposed order) obsolete Italian pesce porco and Portuguese peixe porco; also Latin porcus marinus (“sea hog”), akin in formation to German Meerschwein, English mereswine. More at mereswine.",
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"form": "porpoises",
"tags": [
"plural"
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"name": "Cetaceans",
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"ref": "1991, Kaiya Zhou, Zhang Xingduan, translated by Luo Changyan, Baiji: The Yangtze River Dolphin and Other Endangered Animals of China, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 76",
"text": "They captured 25 porpoises and set them free back into the Yangtze after raising them for a month in Puqi County, Hubei.",
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"A small cetacean of the family Phocoenidae, related to dolphins and whales."
],
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[
"cetacean",
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"Phocoenidae",
"Phocoenidae#Translingual"
],
[
"dolphin",
"dolphin"
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[
"whale",
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{
"word": "garfish"
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{
"word": "mereswine"
},
{
"word": "sea hog"
},
{
"word": "sea pig"
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{
"word": "seaswine"
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"_dis1": "69 31",
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "cetacean",
"word": "marsuinët"
},
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḵinzīr al-baḥr",
"sense": "cetacean",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "خِنْزِير الْبَحْر"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 31",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "covaxoz",
"sense": "cetacean",
"word": "ծովախոզ"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 31",
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "cetacean",
"word": "botu"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 31",
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "cetacean",
"word": "boticu"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 31",
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "cetacean",
"word": "moscote"
},
{
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"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "marskája svinnjá",
"sense": "cetacean",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "марска́я свіння́"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 31",
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "cetacean",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "morhoc'h"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 31",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "tǎponos delfin",
"sense": "cetacean",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "тъпонос делфин"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 31",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "cetacean",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "marsopa"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 31",
"code": "chr",
"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "dinesquadegiyusdi",
"sense": "cetacean",
"word": "ᏗᏁᏍᏆᏕᎩᏳᏍᏗ"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 31",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shǔhǎitún",
"sense": "cetacean",
"word": "鼠海豚"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 31",
"code": "kw",
"lang": "Cornish",
"sense": "cetacean",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "morhogh"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 31",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "cetacean",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sviňucha"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 31",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "cetacean",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bruinvis"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 31",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "cetacean",
"word": "foceno"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 31",
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "cetacean",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "nísa"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 31",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "cetacean",
"word": "pyöriäinen"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 31",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "cetacean",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "marsouin"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 31",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "cetacean",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fouliña"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 31",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "cetacean",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "touliña"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 31",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "cetacean",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "toniña"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 31",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "cetacean",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "porco de mar"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 31",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"note": "also dolphin",
"roman": "delpini",
"sense": "cetacean",
"word": "დელფინი"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 31",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "zɣvis ɣori",
"sense": "cetacean",
"word": "ზღვის ღორი"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 31",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "cetacean",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Tümmler"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 31",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "cetacean",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Schweinswal"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 31",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "gourounópsaro",
"sense": "cetacean",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "γουρουνόψαρο"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 31",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "phṓkaina",
"sense": "cetacean",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "φώκαινα"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 31",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "sūns",
"sense": "cetacean",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "सूंस"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 31",
"code": "hu",
"english": "Phocoenidae",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "cetacean",
"word": "disznódelfin"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 31",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "cetacean",
"taxonomic": "Phocoena phocoena, harbour porpoise",
"word": "barna delfin"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 31",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "cetacean",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "hnísa"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 31",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "cetacean",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "marsvín"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 31",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "cetacean",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "muc mhara"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 31",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "cetacean",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "focena"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 31",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "nezumiiruka",
"sense": "cetacean",
"word": "ネズミイルカ"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 31",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "sak mut su kak rak",
"sense": "cetacean",
"word": "សមុទ្រសុករ"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 31",
"code": "clm",
"lang": "Klallam",
"sense": "cetacean",
"word": "k'ʷánət'"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 31",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "soedolgorae",
"sense": "cetacean",
"word": "쇠돌고래"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 31",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "dolgorae",
"sense": "cetacean",
"word": "돌고래"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 31",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "dœn fin nū",
"sense": "cetacean",
"word": "ເດິນຟິນໜູ"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 31",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"note": "in most cases",
"sense": "cetacean",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "jūrų kiaulė"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 31",
"code": "nds-de",
"lang": "Low German",
"sense": "cetacean",
"tags": [
"German-Low-German",
"neuter"
],
"word": "Trömmelswien"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 31",
"code": "nds-de",
"lang": "Low German",
"sense": "cetacean",
"tags": [
"German-Low-German",
"masculine"
],
"word": "Dümmler"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 31",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "mórska svínja",
"sense": "cetacean",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "мо́рска сви́ња"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 31",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "cetacean",
"word": "tūpoupou"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 31",
"code": "mhr",
"lang": "Eastern Mari",
"roman": "vüd sösna",
"sense": "cetacean",
"word": "вӱд сӧсна"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 31",
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "cetacean",
"word": "porpeys"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 31",
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "cetacean",
"word": "mereswyn"
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{
"_dis1": "69 31",
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "cetacean",
"word": "tééh hóyáanii"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 31",
"code": "nuk",
"lang": "Nootka",
"sense": "cetacean",
"word": "hicwin"
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{
"_dis1": "69 31",
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "cetacean",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pourpais"
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{
"_dis1": "69 31",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "cetacean",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "nise"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 31",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "cetacean",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "nise"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 31",
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "cetacean",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "mereswīn"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 31",
"code": "non",
"lang": "Old Norse",
"sense": "cetacean",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "hnísa"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 31",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "doñuz balığı",
"sense": "cetacean",
"word": "طوڭوز بالغی"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 31",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "yunus balığı",
"sense": "cetacean",
"word": "یونس بالغی"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 31",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "gorâzmâhi",
"sense": "cetacean",
"word": "گرازماهی"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 31",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "xuk-mâhi",
"sense": "cetacean",
"word": "خوکماهی"
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{
"_dis1": "69 31",
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "cetacean",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Mäaschwien"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 31",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "cetacean",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "morświn"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 31",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "cetacean",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "toninha"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 31",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "cetacean",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "marsuin"
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{
"_dis1": "69 31",
"code": "rm",
"lang": "Romansch",
"sense": "cetacean",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "balena-portg"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 31",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "morskája svinʹjá",
"sense": "cetacean",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "морска́я свинья́"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 31",
"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"sense": "cetacean",
"word": "dunter"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 31",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "cetacean",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "peileag"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 31",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "cetacean",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "puthag"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 31",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "cetacean",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cana"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 31",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "cetacean",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "плискавица"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 31",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "cetacean",
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"word": "морско прасе"
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"_dis1": "69 31",
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"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "cetacean",
"tags": [
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"word": "pliskavica"
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{
"_dis1": "69 31",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "cetacean",
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"word": "morsko prase"
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{
"_dis1": "69 31",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "cetacean",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sviňucha"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 31",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "cetacean",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pliskavka"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 31",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "cetacean",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "marsopa"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 31",
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "cetacean",
"word": "poposi"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 31",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "cetacean",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "tumlare"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 31",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "cetacean",
"word": "marsopa"
},
{
"_dis1": "69 31",
"code": "te",
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"word": "touliña"
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"code": "ka",
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"note": "also dolphin",
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"sense": "cetacean",
"word": "დელფინი"
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"code": "ka",
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"word": "ზღვის ღორი"
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"lang": "German",
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
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"sense": "cetacean",
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"word": "γουρουνόψαρο"
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"code": "grc",
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"sense": "cetacean",
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"code": "hi",
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"code": "hu",
"english": "Phocoenidae",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "cetacean",
"word": "disznódelfin"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "cetacean",
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"word": "barna delfin"
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"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "cetacean",
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{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "cetacean",
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"word": "marsvín"
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{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "cetacean",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "muc mhara"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "cetacean",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "focena"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "nezumiiruka",
"sense": "cetacean",
"word": "ネズミイルカ"
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{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "sak mut su kak rak",
"sense": "cetacean",
"word": "សមុទ្រសុករ"
},
{
"code": "clm",
"lang": "Klallam",
"sense": "cetacean",
"word": "k'ʷánət'"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "soedolgorae",
"sense": "cetacean",
"word": "쇠돌고래"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "dolgorae",
"sense": "cetacean",
"word": "돌고래"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "dœn fin nū",
"sense": "cetacean",
"word": "ເດິນຟິນໜູ"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"note": "in most cases",
"sense": "cetacean",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "jūrų kiaulė"
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{
"code": "nds-de",
"lang": "Low German",
"sense": "cetacean",
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],
"word": "Trömmelswien"
},
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"code": "nds-de",
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"sense": "cetacean",
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"masculine"
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"word": "Dümmler"
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{
"code": "mk",
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"roman": "mórska svínja",
"sense": "cetacean",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "мо́рска сви́ња"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "cetacean",
"word": "tūpoupou"
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{
"code": "mhr",
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"roman": "vüd sösna",
"sense": "cetacean",
"word": "вӱд сӧсна"
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{
"code": "enm",
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"sense": "cetacean",
"word": "porpeys"
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{
"code": "enm",
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"sense": "cetacean",
"word": "mereswyn"
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{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "cetacean",
"word": "tééh hóyáanii"
},
{
"code": "nuk",
"lang": "Nootka",
"sense": "cetacean",
"word": "hicwin"
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{
"code": "nrf",
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],
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{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "cetacean",
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{
"code": "nn",
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"sense": "cetacean",
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"word": "nise"
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{
"code": "ang",
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"sense": "cetacean",
"tags": [
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"word": "mereswīn"
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{
"code": "non",
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"tags": [
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{
"code": "ota",
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"roman": "doñuz balığı",
"sense": "cetacean",
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{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "yunus balığı",
"sense": "cetacean",
"word": "یونس بالغی"
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{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "gorâzmâhi",
"sense": "cetacean",
"word": "گرازماهی"
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{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "xuk-mâhi",
"sense": "cetacean",
"word": "خوکماهی"
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"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "cetacean",
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "cetacean",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "morświn"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "cetacean",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "toninha"
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{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "cetacean",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "marsuin"
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{
"code": "rm",
"lang": "Romansch",
"sense": "cetacean",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "balena-portg"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "morskája svinʹjá",
"sense": "cetacean",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "морска́я свинья́"
},
{
"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"sense": "cetacean",
"word": "dunter"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "cetacean",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "peileag"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "cetacean",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "puthag"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "cetacean",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cana"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "cetacean",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "плискавица"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "cetacean",
"tags": [
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"neuter"
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"word": "морско прасе"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "cetacean",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "pliskavica"
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{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "cetacean",
"tags": [
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"neuter"
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"word": "morsko prase"
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{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "cetacean",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "sviňucha"
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{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "cetacean",
"tags": [
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"word": "pliskavka"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "cetacean",
"tags": [
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"word": "marsopa"
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{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "cetacean",
"word": "poposi"
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "cetacean",
"tags": [
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{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "cetacean",
"word": "marsopa"
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{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "nīrupandi",
"sense": "cetacean",
"word": "నీరుపంది"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "pɔɔ-pɔ́is",
"sense": "cetacean",
"word": "พอร์พอยส์"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "cetacean",
"word": "musur"
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "morsʹká svynjá",
"sense": "cetacean",
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],
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{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "cetacean",
"word": "cá heo"
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{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "cetacean",
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],
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{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "cetacean",
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],
"word": "morhwch"
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"code": "wo",
"lang": "Wolof",
"sense": "cetacean",
"word": "piipa bi"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "imprecisely, any small dolphin",
"word": "delfiini"
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "imprecisely, any small dolphin",
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"word": "killer whale"
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"word": "pod"
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"text": "Urging them to join me, I raced in circles through the surging water, chased my tail for the children, blew spouts of foam through the sunfilled spray, porpoised to and fro across the river in shallow leaps that stitched the air and water into a table-lace of foam.",
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