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"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "biology",
"word": "evolución de las especies"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vydoutvórennja",
"sense": "biology",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "видоутво́рення"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "chemistry",
"word": "spesiaatio"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "chemistry",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "spéciation chimique"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "chemistry",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Speziierung"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"speciation"
],
"word": "speciation"
}
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