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59 lines
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{
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"onager":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": an Asian wild ass ( Equus hemionus onager synonym E. onager ) that usually has a broad dorsal stripe and is related to the kiang":[],
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": a heavy catapult used in ancient and medieval times":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8\u00e4-ni-j\u0259r"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Now, analysis of DNA extracted from the bones buried at Umm el-Marra has revealed the animal was a cross between a donkey, which was domesticated at the time, and the now-extinct Syrian wild ass, sometimes called hemippe or an onager . \u2014 Katie Hunt, CNN , 14 Jan. 2022",
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"Researchers have uncovered thousands of bone fragments at the site, including remains from horses, extinct wild oxen known as aurochs, and donkey relatives called onagers . \u2014 Maya Wei-haas, National Geographic , 24 July 2019",
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"The two of them once passed two very happy weekends of courtship in attempts to reconstruct an ancient catapult called an onager . \u2014 Gideon Lewis-kraus, WIRED , 18 June 2018"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, wild ass, from Latin, from Greek onagros , from onos ass + agros field \u2014 more at acre":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-182533"
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},
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"onanism":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": masturbation":[],
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": coitus interruptus":[],
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": self-gratification":[
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"the kind of intellectual onanism to which he was dedicated",
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"\u2014 Esther P. Shiverick"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8\u014d-n\u0259-\u02ccni-z\u0259m",
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"\u02c8\u014d-n\u0259-\u02ccniz-\u0259m"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"probably from New Latin onanismus , from Onan , son of Judah (Genesis 38:9)":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1718, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-231041"
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}
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}
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