See bufus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"2": "bufo",
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"name": "desc"
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"text": "Old Spanish: bufo, buho"
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"2": "buf",
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"4": "bufã"
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"text": "Aromanian: buf, bufu, bufã"
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"2": "buf"
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"name": "desc"
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"text": "Romanian: buf, bufă"
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"text": "→ Albanian: buf"
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},
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"2": "μπούφος"
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"name": "desc"
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"name": "desc"
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"text": "Portuguese: bufo"
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"2": "bufo",
"3": "buho"
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"name": "desc"
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"text": "Old Spanish: bufo, buho"
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{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "búho"
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"expansion": "Spanish: búho",
"name": "desc"
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"name": "m+"
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"name": "m+"
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