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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "A ghost or specter, especially seen just after a person's death",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "утвара"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "A ghost or specter, especially seen just after a person's death",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "utvara"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "A ghost or specter, especially seen just after a person's death",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "приказа"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "A ghost or specter, especially seen just after a person's death",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "prikaza"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "A ghost or specter, especially seen just after a person's death",
"word": "сабласт"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "A ghost or specter, especially seen just after a person's death",
"word": "sablast"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "A ghost or specter, especially seen just after a person's death",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fantasma"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "A ghost or specter, especially seen just after a person's death",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "espectro"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "A ghost or specter, especially seen just after a person's death",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "vålnad"
}
],
"word": "wraith"
}
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