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"roman": "sakyubasu",
"sense": "female demon",
"word": "サキュバス"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "muma",
"sense": "female demon",
"word": "夢魔"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "female demon",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "succuba"
},
{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "sakyubas",
"sense": "female demon",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "सक्युबस"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "female demon",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sukkub"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "female demon",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sukub"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "female demon",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "súcubo"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sùkkúb",
"sense": "female demon",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "су̀кку́б"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sukkúbus",
"sense": "female demon",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "сукку́бус"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "female demon",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "súcubo"
},
{
"code": "sux",
"lang": "Sumerian",
"roman": "/lillilgia/",
"sense": "female demon",
"word": "𒆤𒆤𒄄𒀀"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "female demon",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "succuba"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "female demon",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "succubus"
}
],
"word": "succubus"
}
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