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"sense": "venomous snake of the genus Oxyuranus",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "taipan"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tajpán",
"sense": "venomous snake of the genus Oxyuranus",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "тайпа́н"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "venomous snake of the genus Oxyuranus",
"word": "тајпан"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "venomous snake of the genus Oxyuranus",
"word": "tajpan"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "venomous snake of the genus Oxyuranus",
"word": "สกุลงูไทปัน"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "venomous snake of the genus Oxyuranus",
"word": "taipan"
},
{
"code": "wim",
"lang": "Wik-Mungkan",
"sense": "venomous snake of the genus Oxyuranus",
"word": "thaypan"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"taipan"
],
"word": "taipan"
}
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