See เหี้ย in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"english": "Asian water monitors are considered to be top-level predatory animals... Existence of Asian water monitors in an area is deemed to be an indicator of [its] fertility.",
"ref": "2024 January 18, พรสัคค์ ปัญญาลิขิต, “‘เหี้ย’ ก็มีหัวใจ สัตว์ที่เคยศักดิ์สิทธิสู่วาทกรรมหยาบคาย”, in seub.or.th:",
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"text": "เหี้ยถือเป็นสัตว์นักล่าระดับสูงสุด...การมีอยู่ของเหี้ยในพื้นที่ถือเป็นตัวชี้วัดความอุดมสมบูรณ์",
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"(ตัว~) Asian water monitor (Varanus salvator)"
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"(loosely) any water monitor."
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Download raw JSONL data for เหี้ย meaning in Thai (12.7kB)
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"msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: ตัว~",
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"เหี้ย"
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"subsection": "noun",
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