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"sense": "whale with long skin folds below mouth",
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"sense": "whale with long skin folds below mouth",
"word": "uurteisvalas"
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"sense": "whale with long skin folds below mouth",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "rorqual"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "whale with long skin folds below mouth",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Furchenwal"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "whale with long skin folds below mouth",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "balenottera"
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"code": "no",
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"sense": "whale with long skin folds below mouth",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "finnhval"
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"sense": "whale with long skin folds below mouth",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"sense": "whale with long skin folds below mouth",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "rorqual"
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"code": "ru",
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"sense": "whale with long skin folds below mouth",
"tags": [
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"sense": "whale with long skin folds below mouth",
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"code": "sw",
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"sense": "whale with long skin folds below mouth",
"word": "nyangumi mwenye mifuo ya kooni"
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "whale with long skin folds below mouth",
"tags": [
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"word": "fenval"
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"code": "cy",
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"sense": "whale with long skin folds below mouth",
"tags": [
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"word": "rorcwal"
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{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "whale with long skin folds below mouth",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "morfil walbon"
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{
"code": "cy",
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"sense": "whale with long skin folds below mouth",
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