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{ "etymology_text": "The notation := has been humorously reinterpreted as the face of a walrus, with two eyes and two tusks.", "forms": [ { "form": "walrus operators", "tags": [ "plural" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": {}, "expansion": "walrus operator (plural walrus operators)", "name": "en-noun" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "noun", "related": [ { "word": "Elvis operator" } ], "senses": [ { "categories": [ "English countable nouns", "English entries with incorrect language header", "English informal terms", "English lemmas", "English multiword terms", "English nouns", "en:Programming" ], "glosses": [ "The operator := that assigns values to variables in certain programming languages." ], "links": [ [ "programming", "programming#Noun" ], [ "operator", "operator" ], [ "variable", "variable" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(programming, informal) The operator := that assigns values to variables in certain programming languages." ], "tags": [ "informal" ], "topics": [ "computing", "engineering", "mathematics", "natural-sciences", "physical-sciences", "programming", "sciences" ] } ], "word": "walrus operator" }
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