"merle" meaning in French

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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "faute de grives on mange des merles"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "grossier merle"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "merle blanc"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "merle d’Amérique"
    }
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      },
      "expansion": "Latin merula",
      "name": "inh"
    },
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        "3": "merula"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "merlo"
      },
      "expansion": "Italian merlo",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "mirlo"
      },
      "expansion": "Spanish mirlo",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Latin merula, the word for the male blackbird being mostly female until the 16th century. Probable influence of the Late Latin masculine form merulus (compare Italian merlo, Spanish mirlo).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "merles",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "merlesse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "merlette",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "f2": "merlette"
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    }
  ],
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "blackbird"
      ],
      "id": "en-merle-fr-noun-PoGSz6F9",
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          "blackbird"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "65 35",
          "sense": "blackbird",
          "tags": [
            "Louisiana"
          ],
          "word": "tchoque"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 39",
          "sense": "blackbird; Missouri",
          "word": "estorneau"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
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        },
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          "_dis": "23 77",
          "kind": "lifeform",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Eurasian blackbird (Turdus merula)"
      ],
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          "Turdus merula",
          "Turdus merula#Translingual"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mɛʁl/"
    },
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      "audio": "Fr-merle.ogg",
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    }
  ],
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    "Trésor de la langue française informatisé",
    "fr:merle"
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  "word": "merle"
}

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    "French countable nouns",
    "French entries with incorrect language header",
    "French lemmas",
    "French masculine nouns",
    "French nouns",
    "French terms derived from Late Latin",
    "French terms derived from Latin",
    "French terms inherited from Late Latin",
    "French terms inherited from Latin",
    "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "French terms with audio links",
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "faute de grives on mange des merles"
    },
    {
      "word": "grossier merle"
    },
    {
      "word": "merle blanc"
    },
    {
      "word": "merle d’Amérique"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "la",
        "3": "merula",
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      },
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      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Late Latin",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "merlo"
      },
      "expansion": "Italian merlo",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "mirlo"
      },
      "expansion": "Spanish mirlo",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Latin merula, the word for the male blackbird being mostly female until the 16th century. Probable influence of the Late Latin masculine form merulus (compare Italian merlo, Spanish mirlo).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "merles",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "merlesse",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "merlette",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "f": "merlesse",
        "f2": "merlette"
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      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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        "blackbird"
      ],
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        [
          "blackbird",
          "blackbird"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Eurasian blackbird (Turdus merula)"
      ],
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        [
          "Eurasian blackbird",
          "Eurasian blackbird"
        ],
        [
          "Turdus merula",
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        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mɛʁl/"
    },
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    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "blackbird",
      "tags": [
        "Louisiana"
      ],
      "word": "tchoque"
    },
    {
      "sense": "blackbird; Missouri",
      "word": "estorneau"
    }
  ],
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    "fr:merle"
  ],
  "word": "merle"
}