See alga in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"(figuratively) Something of little worth."
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"Latin terms borrowed from substrate languages",
"Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Latin terms derived from substrate languages",
"Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
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]
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"form": "algam",
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]
},
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},
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},
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"(figuratively) Something of little worth."
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}
],
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}
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