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"word": "belly sweetbread"
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{
"word": "stomach sweetbread"
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"sense": "pancreas or thymus gland of an animal as food",
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"sense": "pancreas or thymus gland of an animal as food",
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"sense": "pancreas or thymus gland of an animal as food",
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"sense": "pancreas or thymus gland of an animal as food",
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"sense": "pancreas or thymus gland of an animal as food",
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "pancreas or thymus gland of an animal as food",
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"word": "moleja"
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"sense": "pancreas or thymus gland of an animal as food",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "momiță"
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"roman": "sládkoje mjáso",
"sense": "pancreas or thymus gland of an animal as food",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "сла́дкое мя́со"
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"roman": "podželúdočnaja železá",
"sense": "pancreas or thymus gland of an animal as food",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "поджелу́дочная железа́"
},
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"sense": "pancreas or thymus gland of an animal as food",
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"feminine"
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"word": "бризла"
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],
"word": "brizla"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "pancreas or thymus gland of an animal as food",
"tags": [
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"word": "molleja"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "pancreas or thymus gland of an animal as food",
"tags": [
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"sense": "pancreas or thymus gland of an animal as food",
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"word": "kalvbräss"
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"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "pancreas or thymus gland of an animal as food",
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"sweetbread"
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"ref": "1909, Eva Greene Fuller, The Up-To-Date Sandwich Book: 400 Ways to Make a Sandwich, page 97",
"text": "SWEETBREAD SANDWICH: Cook sweetbreads until tender. When cold, remove skin, chop fine, season with salt and pepper, add one cup of finely chopped celery, and a dash of mayonnaise dressing; spread on thin slices of lightly buttered white bread. Cover with another slice and garnish with an olive.",
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],
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"word": "belly sweetbread"
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{
"word": "gutbread"
},
{
"word": "heart sweetbread"
},
{
"word": "stomach sweetbread"
},
{
"sense": "thymus gland",
"word": "gullet sweetbread"
},
{
"sense": "thymus gland",
"word": "neck sweetbread"
},
{
"sense": "thymus gland",
"word": "throat sweetbread"
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"sense": "pancreas or thymus gland of an animal as food",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "момици"
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{
"code": "ca",
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"sense": "pancreas or thymus gland of an animal as food",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lletó"
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"sense": "pancreas or thymus gland of an animal as food",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "(thymus) zwezerik"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "pancreas or thymus gland of an animal as food",
"word": "haima (pancreas)"
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "pancreas or thymus gland of an animal as food",
"word": "kateenkorva (thymus)"
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"sense": "pancreas or thymus gland of an animal as food",
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"sense": "pancreas or thymus gland of an animal as food",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"code": "de",
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"tags": [
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"word": "Bries"
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"code": "de",
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"note": "of calf also",
"sense": "pancreas or thymus gland of an animal as food",
"tags": [
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"word": "Kalbsmilch"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "pancreas or thymus gland of an animal as food",
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"feminine"
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"word": "Milke"
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"code": "el",
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"sense": "pancreas or thymus gland of an animal as food",
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"word": "γλυκάδι"
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"code": "ga",
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"sense": "pancreas or thymus gland of an animal as food",
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"sense": "pancreas or thymus gland of an animal as food",
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"word": "briseán milis"
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"code": "ga",
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"word": "dúlia"
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"word": "シビレ"
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"word": "خوشگوشت"
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"feminine"
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