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"word": "Tate's shrew rat"
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"sense": "mouselike animal",
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"sense": "mouselike animal",
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"sense": "mouselike animal",
"word": "chį́į́shnézí"
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"word": "سیوری صیچان"
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"sense": "mouselike animal",
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"sense": "mouselike animal",
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"sense": "mouselike animal",
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"sense": "mouselike animal",
"word": "ⲉⲙⲓⲙ"
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"code": "cs",
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"word": "rejsek"
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{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "spidsmus"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "spitsmuis"
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{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"word": "soriko"
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{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"word": "karihiir"
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{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "trantmús"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"word": "päästäinen"
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{
"code": "frp",
"lang": "Franco-Provençal",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"word": "musèt"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "musaraigne"
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{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "furaño"
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{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "musgaño"
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{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "biga",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"word": "ბიგა"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Spitzmaus"
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{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "nanomygalída",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"word": "νανομυγαλίδα"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"word": "cickány"
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{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "snjáldurmús"
},
{
"code": "is",
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"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "snjáldra"
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{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"word": "celurut"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dallóg fhraoigh"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "toporagno"
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"code": "ja",
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"sense": "mouselike animal",
"word": "尖鼠"
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{
"code": "jv",
"lang": "Javanese",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"word": "curut"
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{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
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"sense": "mouselike animal",
"word": "жертесер"
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{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "dwijwi",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"word": "뒤쥐"
},
{
"alt": "尖鼠",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "cheomseo",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"word": "첨서"
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{
"code": "ltg",
"lang": "Latgalian",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
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"code": "la",
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"code": "lv",
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"word": "cirslis"
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"code": "lt",
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"code": "mk",
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"code": "mt",
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"word": "ġurdiem ta’ geddumu twil"
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"code": "nv",
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"sense": "mouselike animal",
"word": "chį́į́shnézí"
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"code": "ne",
"lang": "Nepali",
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"sense": "mouselike animal",
"word": "छुचुन्द्रो"
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"code": "se",
"lang": "Northern Sami",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"word": "vánddis"
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"code": "nn",
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],
"word": "skjerd"
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{
"code": "oc",
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"sense": "mouselike animal",
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"feminine"
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{
"code": "ang",
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{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "sivri sıçan",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"word": "سیوری صیچان"
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{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "muše šabgard",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"word": "موش شبگرد"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ryjówka"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "musaranho"
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{
"code": "ro",
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"code": "rm",
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "mouselike animal",
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"code": "sh",
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"sense": "mouselike animal",
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"sense": "mouselike animal",
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"code": "sh",
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"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"Roman",
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"word": "rovka"
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{
"code": "sk",
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"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
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"word": "piskor"
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{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "rovka"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "musaraña"
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
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"word": "näbbmus"
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{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"word": "musaranya"
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{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "nǔu-pǐi",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"word": "หนูผี"
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{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"word": "kir faresi"
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{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"word": "sivri fare"
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{
"code": "tyz",
"lang": "Tày",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"word": "cà rìa"
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{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
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"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
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"word": "землери́йка"
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{
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"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"word": "chuột chù"
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{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "llyg"
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{
"code": "fy",
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"sense": "mouselike animal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "pipermûs"
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{
"code": "af",
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"sense": "woman",
"word": "feeks"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "pōfù",
"sense": "woman",
"word": "潑婦 /泼妇"
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "woman",
"word": "rachomejtle"
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "woman",
"tags": [
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"word": "saň"
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{
"code": "cs",
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{
"code": "cs",
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"word": "xantipa"
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "woman",
"tags": [
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"word": "semetrika"
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{
"code": "da",
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"sense": "woman",
"tags": [
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"word": "rappenskralde"
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{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "woman",
"word": "megero"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "woman",
"word": "äkäpussi"
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{
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{
"code": "fr",
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"word": "mégère"
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"code": "gl",
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"sense": "woman",
"tags": [
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"word": "arpella"
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"code": "de",
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "woman",
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"word": "sekutnica"
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "woman",
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"word": "megera"
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"ref": "1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “(please specify the story)”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC:",
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