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"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "creature capable of changing its appearance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "metamórfico"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "creature capable of changing its appearance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "metamorfo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "creature capable of changing its appearance",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "cambiaforma"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"note": "noun 1/2",
"sense": "creature capable of changing its appearance",
"word": "mgeuzi"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "creature capable of changing its appearance",
"word": "kibadilishaumbo"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "creature capable of changing its appearance",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "hamnskiftare"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "creature capable of changing its appearance",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"common-gender"
],
"word": "hamnlöpare"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "perévertenʹ",
"sense": "creature capable of changing its appearance",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "пере́вертень"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Shapeshifting"
],
"word": "shapeshifter"
}
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