See Arctos in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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[
"singular",
"singular"
],
[
"north",
"north"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(metonymic, in the singular) north"
],
"tags": [
"declension-2",
"feminine",
"metonymically",
"singular"
]
}
],
"word": "Arctos"
}
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