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"English noun forms",
"English nouns",
"English nouns with unknown or uncertain plurals",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English terms with homophones",
"English verb forms",
"Rhymes:English/eɪlz",
"Rhymes:English/eɪlz/1 syllable",
"en:Alcohol production",
"en:Clothing"
],
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"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "verb form"
},
"expansion": "tails",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"form_of": [
{
"word": "tail"
}
],
"glosses": [
"third-person singular simple present indicative of tail"
],
"links": [
[
"tail",
"tail#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"indicative",
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/teɪlz/"
},
{
"homophone": "tales"
},
{
"rhymes": "-eɪlz"
},
{
"audio": "En-au-tails.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/34/En-au-tails.ogg/En-au-tails.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/34/En-au-tails.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
}
],
"word": "tails"
}
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