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"ref": "1837, Conrad Malte-Brun, Jean-Jacques-Nicolas Huot, A System of Universal Geography, page 316",
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"ref": "2003, Elaine Egbert, Nature in a Nutshell: Daily Devotions for Juniors, page 236",
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},
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"ref": "2013, James G. Sanderson, Patrick Watson, Small Wild Cats: The Animal Answer Guide, unnumbered page",
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"tags": [
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"sense": "rodents of the genera Lagidium and Lagostomus, within family Chinchillidae",
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"code": "ja",
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"sense": "rodents of the genera Lagidium and Lagostomus, within family Chinchillidae",
"word": "ビスカッチャ"
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"code": "nv",
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"sense": "rodents of the genera Lagidium and Lagostomus, within family Chinchillidae",
"word": "gahjaaʼí bitseeneezígíí"
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"sense": "rodents of the genera Lagidium and Lagostomus, within family Chinchillidae",
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"sense": "rodents of the genera Lagidium and Lagostomus, within family Chinchillidae",
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"word": "viscacha"
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"sense": "rodents of the genera Lagidium and Lagostomus, within family Chinchillidae",
"word": "wisk'acha"
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