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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ptica-kamenar",
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"sense": "coastal wading bird",
"word": "kőforgató"
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"sense": "coastal wading bird",
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"masculine"
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"word": "piardálai trá"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "coastal wading bird",
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"word": "voltapietre"
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"sense": "coastal wading bird",
"tags": [
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "coastal wading bird",
"word": "kamenáček"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "coastal wading bird",
"word": "kameňáček"
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"sense": "coastal wading bird",
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"sense": "coastal wading bird",
"word": "karikukko"
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"sense": "coastal wading bird",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
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"sense": "coastal wading bird",
"word": "kőforgató"
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"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "coastal wading bird",
"tags": [
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"word": "piardálai trá"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "coastal wading bird",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "voltapietre"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kamnešarka",
"sense": "coastal wading bird",
"tags": [
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"word": "камнешарка"
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"sense": "coastal wading bird",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vuelvepiedras"
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"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "coastal wading bird",
"tags": [
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"word": "hutan y dŵr"
},
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"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "coastal wading bird",
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"word": "hutan y môr"
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],
"word": "turnstone"
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