See lēca in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"eye",
"eye#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(anatomy) (crystalline) lens (part of the eye)"
],
"tags": [
"declension-4",
"feminine"
],
"topics": [
"anatomy",
"medicine",
"sciences"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[lǣːtsa]"
},
{
"audio": "lv-riga-lēca.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/07/Lv-riga-l%C4%93ca.ogg/Lv-riga-l%C4%93ca.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/Lv-riga-l%C4%93ca.ogg"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"lv:Lēcas",
"lv:lēca"
],
"word": "lēca"
}
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