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"ref": "1929, Nor Hall, Warren Royal Dawson, Brood Males",
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"sense": "of or pertaining to the womb",
"word": "արգանդային"
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"sense": "of or pertaining to the womb",
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"sense": "of or pertaining to the womb",
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"sense": "of or pertaining to the womb",
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"ref": "1990, Suzette A. Henke, James Joyce and the Politics of Desire",
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"ref": "2005, Deborah Sawyer, David Gunn, Gary. A Philips, God, Gender and the Bible",
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"word": "արգանդային"
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"sense": "of or pertaining to the womb",
"word": "子宮"
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"sense": "of or pertaining to the womb",
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"word": "子宫"
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"sense": "of or pertaining to the womb",
"word": "baarmoeder-"
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"sense": "of or pertaining to the womb",
"word": "utérin"
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"sense": "of or pertaining to the womb",
"word": "uterino"
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"sense": "of or pertaining to the womb",
"word": "uterino"
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"sense": "of or pertaining to the womb",
"word": "uterino"
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"sense": "of or pertaining to the womb",
"word": "утробный"
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"word": "маточный"
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