"devil’s bit" meaning in Anglais

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Noun

Forms: devil’s bits [plural]
  1. Succise des prés.
    Sense id: fr-devil’s_bit-en-noun-qzSIagpF
  2. Épervière orangée.
    Sense id: fr-devil’s_bit-en-noun-WmhAE3rG
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

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    "Composé de devil et de bite ; voir mors du diable pour le sens."
  ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Locution nominale",
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        "Succise des prés."
      ],
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        "Épervière orangée."
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "devil's paintbrush"
    },
    {
      "word": "devil's weed"
    },
    {
      "word": "grim-the-collier"
    },
    {
      "word": "king devil"
    },
    {
      "word": "ladies' paintbrush"
    },
    {
      "word": "lion's tongue"
    },
    {
      "word": "missionary weed"
    },
    {
      "word": "orange hawkweed"
    },
    {
      "word": "orange paintbrush"
    },
    {
      "word": "red daisy"
    },
    {
      "word": "red weed"
    },
    {
      "word": "tassel flower"
    }
  ],
  "word": "devil’s bit"
}
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    "anglais"
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    "Composé de devil et de bite ; voir mors du diable pour le sens."
  ],
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    {
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        "plural"
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    }
  ],
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  "pos_title": "Locution nominale",
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      "glosses": [
        "Succise des prés."
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Épervière orangée."
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "devil's paintbrush"
    },
    {
      "word": "devil's weed"
    },
    {
      "word": "grim-the-collier"
    },
    {
      "word": "king devil"
    },
    {
      "word": "ladies' paintbrush"
    },
    {
      "word": "lion's tongue"
    },
    {
      "word": "missionary weed"
    },
    {
      "word": "orange hawkweed"
    },
    {
      "word": "orange paintbrush"
    },
    {
      "word": "red daisy"
    },
    {
      "word": "red weed"
    },
    {
      "word": "tassel flower"
    }
  ],
  "word": "devil’s bit"
}

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