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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "Anguis fragilis",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "kopparödla"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "Anguis fragilis",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "ormslå"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "Anguis fragilis",
"word": "yılanımsı kertenkele"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "Anguis fragilis",
"word": "rovät"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "Anguis fragilis",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dizi"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "Anguis fragilis",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "colevrot"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "Anguis fragilis",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "scourlot"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "Anguis fragilis",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "madfall"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "Anguis fragilis",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "neidr ddefaid"
}
],
"word": "slowworm"
}
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