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"lang": "French",
"sense": "scaly",
"word": "écailleux"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "scaly",
"word": "schuppig"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "scaly",
"word": "geschuppt"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "scaly",
"word": "soomukas"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "scaly",
"word": "squamoso"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "scaly",
"word": "scaglioso"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "scaly",
"word": "łuskowaty"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "scaly",
"word": "escamoso"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "češujčatyj",
"sense": "scaly",
"word": "чешуйчатый"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "scaly",
"word": "escamoso"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "scaly",
"word": "fjällig"
}
],
"word": "squamous"
}
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"called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
"msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: microanatomy",
"path": [
"squamous"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "adjective",
"title": "squamous",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
"msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: microanatomy",
"path": [
"squamous"
],
"section": "English",
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