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"code": "bg",
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"roman": "pokrit s šipove",
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"word": "покрит с шипове"
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"sense": "having one or more spikes — see also spiny",
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"sense": "having one or more spikes — see also spiny",
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"sense": "having one or more spikes — see also spiny",
"word": "munito di punte"
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"word": "ұшты"
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"word": "de punta"
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