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2862 lines
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{
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"LEP":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"limited English proficiency; limited English proficient":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-181540",
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"type":[
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"abbreviation"
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]
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},
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"Lepadidae":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a family of goose barnacles typified by the genus Lepas":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, from Lepad-, Lepas , type genus + -idae":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"l\u0259\u02c8pad\u0259\u02ccd\u0113"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-105821",
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"type":[
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"plural noun"
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]
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},
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"Lepas":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a widely distributed genus (the type of the family Lepadidae ) of goose barnacles":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, from Latin, limpet, from Greek":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8l\u0113\u02ccpas",
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"\u02c8lep\u0259s"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-052845",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"Lepcha":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a member of a people of Sikkim, India":[],
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": the Tibeto-Burman language of the Lepcha people":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1819, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8lep-ch\u0259"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-185225",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"lepadid":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a barnacle of the family Lepadidae":[],
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": of or relating to the Lepadidae":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin Lepadidae":"Adjective"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\"",
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"\u02c8lep\u0259d\u0259\u0307d",
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"-\u02ccdid"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-042055",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"leper":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a person affected with leprosy":[],
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": a person shunned for moral or social reasons":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"a convicted child molester who is treated as a leper wherever he goes",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"In this documentary short, life in a leper colony is shown to the outside world. \u2014 cleveland , 28 Mar. 2022",
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"Chief among the rudely treated are women of childbearing age and the denizens of a leper colony outside Nazareth\u2019s gates. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Feb. 2022",
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"When the audience sees climactic moments from the Gospels, such as Jesus\u2019s miraculous healing of a leper , the events register as disruptions of the status quo. \u2014 Chris Deville, The Atlantic , 27 June 2021",
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"Many of Jesus \u2019 teachings revolve around the value of the outcast, the stranger, the leper and the suffering. \u2014 Jory Fleming, WSJ , 17 June 2021",
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"All these years later, Kuchel remains a leper to the O.C. GOP. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 14 Feb. 2021",
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"Weissmann should be obliged to go about wearing bells like a medieval leper to warn the unsuspecting of his approach. \u2014 Conrad Black, National Review , 29 Sep. 2020",
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"Set flamboyantly in the Holy Land, a miracle worker has arrived \u2014 just as one who, centuries before, healed a desperate leper who came before him after delivery of the Sermon on the Mount. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 23 Apr. 2020",
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"For centuries, leper colonies and lazarettos had sequestered bodies and cargos suspected of carrying disease. \u2014 Timothy Kent Holliday, Smithsonian Magazine , 21 Apr. 2020"
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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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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, from Anglo-French, from lepre leprosy, from Late Latin lepra , from Greek, from lepein to peel; perhaps akin to Lithuanian lopas piece, scrap":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8lep-\u0259r",
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"\u02c8le-p\u0259r"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"castaway",
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"castoff",
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"offscouring",
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"outcast",
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"pariah",
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"reject"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-002528",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"leper's squint":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a small window in the exterior wall of some medieval churches through which lepers are believed to have viewed the service being conducted at the altar":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-184103",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"lepero":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a person in Mexico of low social and economic standing":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"American Spanish l\u00e9pero":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8lep\u0259\u02ccr\u014d"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-163159",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"lepid-":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": flake : scale":[
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"Lepido ptera"
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin, from Greek, from lepid-, lepis scale, from lepein":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-112750",
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"type":[
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"combining form"
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]
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},
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"leprechaun":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a mischievous elf (see elf sense 1 ) of Irish folklore usually believed to reveal the hiding place of treasure if caught":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"the story that if you follow a rainbow to its end, you'll find a leprechaun's pot of gold",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The Cal Academy might as well have had a unicorn in captivity, or a leprechaun . \u2014 Peter Hartlaub, SFChronicle.com , 7 June 2020",
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"Like it or not, this guy right here is still one of your Notre Dame leprechauns ! \u2014 Shannon Ryan, chicagotribune.com , 10 Sep. 2019",
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"As the Pygmies took the stage, one enthusiastic reveler waved a rare set of Crichton leprechaun beads. \u2014 al , 26 Feb. 2020",
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"Like it or not, this guy right here is still one of your Notre Dame leprechauns ! \u2014 Shannon Ryan, chicagotribune.com , 10 Sep. 2019",
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"Ireland isn't just Blarney Stones and leprechauns , and Belfast's troubled history is a key part of the story. \u2014 Rick Steves, USA TODAY , 16 Jan. 2020",
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"Costumed leprechauns would greet visitors at the gate, according to the Daily Telegram article printed Dec. 19 that year. \u2014 Dan Cherry, Detroit Free Press , 26 Dec. 2019",
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"That meant conducting workouts in Batman pajamas or dressed as a leprechaun . \u2014 Paul Sullivan, chicagotribune.com , 1 Nov. 2019",
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"Like any exam at Notre Dame, the leprechaun selection process is extensive and thorough. \u2014 Jessica Smetana, SI.com , 20 Sep. 2019"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1604, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Irish leipreach\u00e1n":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-\u02cck\u022fn",
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"\u02c8le-pr\u0259-\u02cck\u00e4n"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"brownie",
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"dwarf",
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"elf",
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"faerie",
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"faery",
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"fairy",
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"fay",
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"gnome",
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"goblin",
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"gremlin",
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"hobgoblin",
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"kobold",
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"pixie",
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"pixy",
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"puck",
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"sprite",
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"troll"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-174335",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"leprechaunish":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a mischievous elf (see elf sense 1 ) of Irish folklore usually believed to reveal the hiding place of treasure if caught":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"the story that if you follow a rainbow to its end, you'll find a leprechaun's pot of gold",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The Cal Academy might as well have had a unicorn in captivity, or a leprechaun . \u2014 Peter Hartlaub, SFChronicle.com , 7 June 2020",
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"Like it or not, this guy right here is still one of your Notre Dame leprechauns ! \u2014 Shannon Ryan, chicagotribune.com , 10 Sep. 2019",
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"As the Pygmies took the stage, one enthusiastic reveler waved a rare set of Crichton leprechaun beads. \u2014 al , 26 Feb. 2020",
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"Like it or not, this guy right here is still one of your Notre Dame leprechauns ! \u2014 Shannon Ryan, chicagotribune.com , 10 Sep. 2019",
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"Ireland isn't just Blarney Stones and leprechauns , and Belfast's troubled history is a key part of the story. \u2014 Rick Steves, USA TODAY , 16 Jan. 2020",
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"Costumed leprechauns would greet visitors at the gate, according to the Daily Telegram article printed Dec. 19 that year. \u2014 Dan Cherry, Detroit Free Press , 26 Dec. 2019",
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"That meant conducting workouts in Batman pajamas or dressed as a leprechaun . \u2014 Paul Sullivan, chicagotribune.com , 1 Nov. 2019",
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"Like any exam at Notre Dame, the leprechaun selection process is extensive and thorough. \u2014 Jessica Smetana, SI.com , 20 Sep. 2019"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1604, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Irish leipreach\u00e1n":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-\u02cck\u022fn",
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"\u02c8le-pr\u0259-\u02cck\u00e4n"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"brownie",
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"dwarf",
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"elf",
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"faerie",
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"faery",
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"fairy",
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"fay",
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"gnome",
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"goblin",
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"gremlin",
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"hobgoblin",
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"kobold",
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"pixie",
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"pixy",
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"puck",
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"sprite",
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"troll"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-020632",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"leprosy":{
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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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": a chronic infectious disease caused by a mycobacterium ( Mycobacterium leprae ) affecting especially the skin and peripheral nerves and characterized by the formation of nodules or macules that enlarge and spread accompanied by loss of sensation with eventual paralysis, wasting of muscle, and production of deformities":[],
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": a morally or spiritually harmful influence":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8lep-r\u0259-s\u0113",
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"\u02c8le-pr\u0259-s\u0113"
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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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"Her mother was a high school teacher who participated in projects to eradicate malnutrition, and her father started a foundation to rehabilitate leprosy patients. \u2014 Divya Kakaiya, San Diego Union-Tribune , 24 May 2022",
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"These days, leprosy is curable but continues to affect tens of thousands each year. \u2014 Kathleen M. Wong, Smithsonian Magazine , 23 Mar. 2022",
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"Ranadive also studied the bacterium that causes leprosy and helped develop a vaccine. \u2014 Brett Molina, USA TODAY , 8 Nov. 2021",
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"New leprosy patients keep walking through Dr. Reddy\u2019s doors. \u2014 New York Times , 25 Jan. 2022",
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"Her warm touch, with everyone from leprosy patients to those diagnosed with AIDS at the start of the epidemic, was clear to eyewitnesses like Hussein. \u2014 Simon Perry, PEOPLE.com , 19 Jan. 2022",
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"There were other horrors, including the constant threat of leprosy . \u2014 Longreads , 19 Jan. 2022",
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"There are few islands in the world like Oshima, Japan's only island leprosarium -- an island inhabited almost entirely by victims of leprosy . \u2014 David Mcelhenney, CNN , 27 Dec. 2021",
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"Sharing of medical knowledge and supplies around the globe has meant that diseases which used to be deadly, such as leprosy , smallpox, and polio, are now either eradicated or easily treatable. \u2014 Dominic Pino, National Review , 20 Oct. 2021"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English lepruse , from leprous":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-225351"
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},
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"leprosis":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a disease of the sweet orange of undetermined cause that is characterized by the spotting of smooth bark and fruits and by the scaling of the bark on the larger limbs and sometimes on the trunk":[
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"\u2014 compare psorosis"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"l\u0259\u0307\u02c8pr\u014ds\u0259\u0307s"
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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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"New Latin, from Late Latin lepra leprosy + New Latin -osis":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-232329"
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},
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"leptospirosis":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": any of several diseases of humans and domestic animals that are caused by infection with leptospires":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02cclep-t\u0259-sp\u012b-\u02c8r\u014d-s\u0259s"
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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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"In addition to the rabies vaccine, your furry friend can benefit from preventive shots like the leptospirosis vaccine, which prevents against a bacterial infection passed from wildlife. \u2014 Elizabeth Sheldon, Good Housekeeping , 10 June 2022",
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"These generously sized mammals \u2014 adults range from 150 to 500 pounds \u2014 are known to spread more than 30 infectious diseases, 20 of which can be transmitted to humans, including leptospirosis , toxoplasmosis and tularemia. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 1 Apr. 2022",
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"Symptoms of leptospirosis may include fever, chills, vomiting, muscle aches or diarrhea and usually appear one to two weeks after exposure. \u2014 Meredith Deliso, ABC News , 22 Jan. 2022",
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"New York City dog owners are being warned after several pets may have been sickened by leptospirosis , a disease commonly associated with rats. \u2014 Meredith Deliso, ABC News , 22 Jan. 2022",
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"That has important public health implications, since rats carry dozens of pathogens, including salmonella and the bacteria Leptospira, which causes leptospirosis . \u2014 Amanda Schupak, CNN , 19 Sep. 2021",
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"There have also been 15 cases this year \u2014 the most since at least 2006 \u2014 of leptospirosis , which can cause serious liver and kidney damage and, in the city, typically spreads via rat urine, according to health officials. \u2014 New York Times , 5 Nov. 2021",
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"Why have the leptospirosis numbers been higher in 2021",
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"New York City has reported an increase in human cases of leptospirosis , a bacterial disease that the city reports has been spread by rats. \u2014 Julia Musto, Fox News , 20 Oct. 2021"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"New Latin":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1926, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-053055"
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},
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"leprose":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": scurfy , scaly":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8le\u02ccpr\u014ds"
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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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"Late Latin leprosus leprous":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-064625"
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},
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"lepidosis":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a scaly skin disease (as ichthyosis)":[],
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": the arrangement and character of the scales or shields of an animal":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02cclep\u0259\u02c8d\u014ds\u0259\u0307s"
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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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"New Latin, from lepid- + -osis":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-083335"
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},
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"leptospire":{
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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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": any of a genus ( Leptospira ) of slender aerobic spiral-shaped spirochetes that are free-living or parasitic in mammals":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8lep-t\u0259-\u02ccsp\u012b(\u0259)r",
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"\u02c8lep-t\u0259-\u02ccsp\u012b(-\u0259)r"
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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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"New Latin Leptospira , from Greek leptos + Latin spira coil \u2014 more at spire":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1952, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-181656"
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},
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"lepidosiren":{
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"type":[
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"adjective or noun",
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a genus of eel-shaped dipnoan fishes containing a single species ( Lepidosiren paradoxa ) inhabiting the swamps of the Amazon and La Plata rivers and their tributaries and with the related Protopterus constituting a family (Lepidosirenidae)":[],
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": any fish of the genus Lepidosiren or of the family Lepidosirenidae":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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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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"New Latin, from lepid- + Siren":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-194812"
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},
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"lepidoptera":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun or adjective",
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"noun plural",
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"plural noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": insects that are lepidopterans":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccle-p\u0259-\u02c8d\u00e4p-t\u0259-r\u0259",
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"\u02cclep-\u0259-\u02c8d\u00e4p-t\u0259-r\u0259"
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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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"How exactly did a space dedicated to the study and preservation of the lepidoptera land in the crosshairs of far-right extremists",
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"And its butterfly garden allowed visitors to walk through a room brimming with hundreds of monarchs, common sergeants, tailed jays and other fluttering lepidoptera . \u2014 Jerry Dicolo | Staff Writer, NOLA.com , 5 Sep. 2020",
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"Biologists have long hypothesized that the evolutionary transformation within the species lepidoptera could be traced back to the moths\u2019 understandable desire to avoid getting eaten by nocturnal bats. \u2014 Sarah Todd, Quartz at Work , 23 Oct. 2019",
|
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"Most moths are nocturnal; butterflies are essentially moths that have evolved to be diurnal, or active during the day, says Robert Robbins, a curator of lepidoptera at the National Museum of Natural History. \u2014 Anna Diamond, Smithsonian , 19 Apr. 2018"
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"circa 1773, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-000849"
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},
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"lepidopterans":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
|
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": any of a large order (Lepidoptera) of insects comprising the butterflies, moths, and skippers that as adults have four broad or lanceolate wings usually covered with minute overlapping and often brightly colored scales and that as larvae are caterpillars":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02ccle-p\u0259-\u02c8d\u00e4p-t\u0259-r\u0259n"
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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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"Then, in 1926, a solution was finally found: an Argentine lepidopteran (moth) known as Cactoblastis cactorum, a parasite of various species of Opuntia. \u2014 Longreads , 23 Mar. 2021",
|
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"Potentially harmful lepidopteran larva was found in the peppers. \u2014 Joe Marusak, charlotteobserver , 16 Apr. 2018",
|
|
"In a riff on the magazine\u2019s first cover, from 1925, by Rea Irvin, Blitt imagines a future in which our dandy mascot has become Eustace Vladimirovich Tilley and the lepidopteran under scrutiny is none other than a stunned Donald Trump. \u2014 Fran\u00e7oise Mouly, The New Yorker , 13 Mar. 2017",
|
|
"Mothra Mothra\u2018s enormous lepidopteran , unveiled onscreen in 1961, combines traits of both butterflies and moths. \u2014 Hugh Hart, WIRED , 6 Apr. 2010"
|
|
],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"New Latin Lepidoptera , from lepid- + Greek pteron wing \u2014 more at feather":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
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"circa 1901, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-001716"
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},
|
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"leptospires":{
|
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": any of a genus ( Leptospira ) of slender aerobic spiral-shaped spirochetes that are free-living or parasitic in mammals":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8lep-t\u0259-\u02ccsp\u012b(-\u0259)r",
|
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"\u02c8lep-t\u0259-\u02ccsp\u012b(\u0259)r"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"New Latin Leptospira , from Greek leptos + Latin spira coil \u2014 more at spire":""
|
|
},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1952, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-025640"
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},
|
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"leprous":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
|
"adverb"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": infected with leprosy":[],
|
|
": of, relating to, or resembling leprosy or a leper":[],
|
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": scaly , scurfy":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02c8lep-r\u0259s",
|
|
"\u02c8le-pr\u0259s"
|
|
],
|
|
"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",
|
|
"The largest iteration of Audrey II squats upon the stage like a mammoth, leprous frog \u2014 a spectacle that is practically worth the price of admission all by itself. \u2014 Don Aucoin, BostonGlobe.com , 6 Sep. 2019",
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"And not be seen as leprous , or as condemned, or as diseased. \u2014 Keith Caulfield, Billboard , 13 June 2019"
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"Middle English, from Anglo-French leprus , from Late Latin leprosus , from lepra leprosy \u2014 more at leper":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-054241"
|
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},
|
|
"lepidopter":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an insect of the order Lepidoptera":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02cclep\u0259\u02c8d\u00e4pt\u0259(r)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"New Latin Lepidoptera":""
|
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-094853"
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},
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"leprosarium":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a hospital for leprosy patients":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02cclep-r\u0259-\u02c8ser-\u0113-\u0259m",
|
|
"\u02ccle-pr\u0259-\u02c8ser-\u0113-\u0259m"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"There are few islands in the world like Oshima, Japan's only island leprosarium -- an island inhabited almost entirely by victims of leprosy. \u2014 David Mcelhenney, CNN , 27 Dec. 2021",
|
|
"The reason for that is Carville, the first leprosarium in the continental United States, open from 1894-1999. \u2014 Chris Smith | Contributing Writer, NOLA.com , 22 Jan. 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Medieval Latin, from Late Latin leprosus":""
|
|
},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
|
"circa 1846, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-095737"
|
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},
|
|
"lepidophyte":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a Paleozoic fern":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"International Scientific Vocabulary lepid- + -phyte":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-121952"
|
|
},
|
|
"Leptosphaeria":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a genus of ascomycetous fungi that is commonly placed in the family Sphaeriaceae, is characterized by the production of dark ascospores with five or more septa, and includes saprophytes and a few fungi that are associated with leaf spots or rots of economic plants":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-\u02c8sfir\u0113\u0259"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin, from lept- + Greek sphaira sphere + New Latin -ia":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-132241"
|
|
},
|
|
"lepidosome":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": golgi apparatus":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8lep\u0259d\u0259\u02ccs\u014dm",
|
|
"l\u0259\u02c8pid-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"International Scientific Vocabulary lepid- + -some ; originally formed as French l\u00e9pidosome":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-133816"
|
|
},
|
|
"Leptospermum":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a genus of Australasian shrubs or small trees of the family Myrtaceae having small rigid alternate leaves and white flowers \u2014 see tea tree":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-m\u0259m"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin, from lept- + -spermum":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-141129"
|
|
},
|
|
"Lepidosauria":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective or noun",
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a subclass of fossil and recent reptiles first appearing in the early Permian, comprising reptiles with two temporal openings and a scaly skin, and including modern lizards, snakes, and tuataras":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02cclep\u0259d\u014d\u02c8s\u022fr\u0113\u0259",
|
|
"\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin, from lepid- + -sauria":"Plural noun"
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-142451"
|
|
},
|
|
"Leptosporangiatae":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a group comprising all the orders of ferns in which sporangium formation is leptosporangiate \u2014 compare eusporangiatae":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02cclep(\u02cc)t\u014dsp\u0259\u02ccranj\u0113\u02c8\u00e4\u02cct\u012b",
|
|
"-\u02c8\u0101\u02cct\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin, from feminine plural of leptosporangiatus , adjective":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-205055"
|
|
},
|
|
"lepromatous":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": characterized by, exhibiting, or being leprosy with infective superficial granulomatous nodules":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-\u02c8pr\u014d-",
|
|
"l\u0259-\u02c8pr\u00e4-m\u0259-t\u0259s",
|
|
"-\u02c8pr\u014d-m\u0259t-",
|
|
"l\u0259-\u02c8pr\u00e4m-\u0259t-\u0259s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin lepromat-, leproma leprous lesion, from Late Latin lepra":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1898, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-225509"
|
|
},
|
|
"Lepidophyllum":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a form genus of lepidodendroid fossils based on leaves or parts of leaves that is now recognized to be part of Lepidodendron":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin, from lepid- + -phyllum":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-232202"
|
|
},
|
|
"lepidopteran":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": any of a large order (Lepidoptera) of insects comprising the butterflies, moths, and skippers that as adults have four broad or lanceolate wings usually covered with minute overlapping and often brightly colored scales and that as larvae are caterpillars":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccle-p\u0259-\u02c8d\u00e4p-t\u0259-r\u0259n"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Then, in 1926, a solution was finally found: an Argentine lepidopteran (moth) known as Cactoblastis cactorum, a parasite of various species of Opuntia. \u2014 Longreads , 23 Mar. 2021",
|
|
"Potentially harmful lepidopteran larva was found in the peppers. \u2014 Joe Marusak, charlotteobserver , 16 Apr. 2018",
|
|
"In a riff on the magazine\u2019s first cover, from 1925, by Rea Irvin, Blitt imagines a future in which our dandy mascot has become Eustace Vladimirovich Tilley and the lepidopteran under scrutiny is none other than a stunned Donald Trump. \u2014 Fran\u00e7oise Mouly, The New Yorker , 13 Mar. 2017",
|
|
"Mothra Mothra\u2018s enormous lepidopteran , unveiled onscreen in 1961, combines traits of both butterflies and moths. \u2014 Hugh Hart, WIRED , 6 Apr. 2010"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin Lepidoptera , from lepid- + Greek pteron wing \u2014 more at feather":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"circa 1901, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-234741"
|
|
},
|
|
"lepry":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": leprosy":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Middle English leprie , from lepre leprosy + -ie -y":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-000830"
|
|
},
|
|
"lepidophyllous":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": having scaly leaves":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"lepid- + -phyllous":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-010405"
|
|
},
|
|
"lepidopterist":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a specialist in lepidopterology":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccle-p\u0259-\u02c8d\u00e4p-t\u0259-rist"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Jason Dombroskie, a lepidopterist at Cornell University, tells the New York Times. \u2014 Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine , 24 May 2022",
|
|
"Madeline Champagne, an amateur lepidopterist \u2014 someone who studies moths and butterflies \u2014 said monarchs have a short life cycle, going from egg to caterpillar to chrysalis to butterfly in about four weeks. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 8 Sep. 2021",
|
|
"In his music and presentation of himself, Dylan has always been mercurial, recalcitrant, unknowable: a wiggly mess of creative impulses that Heylin hopes to pin down, playing the Dylanologist as lepidopterist . \u2014 John Semley, The New Republic , 26 May 2021",
|
|
"That failure came back to haunt lepidopterists , one of whom discovered a nearly identical butterfly in the early 1980s. \u2014 Stephenie Livingston, Science | AAAS , 9 Sep. 2019",
|
|
"To illustrate Dundy\u2019s story, Wolfe was photographed by Irving Penn, who captured the writer\u2019s ineffable style with his lepidopterist \u2019s eye. \u2014 Hamish Bowles, Vogue , 15 May 2018",
|
|
"Sarah Garrett, a lepidopterist at the Butterfly Pavilion in Westminster, Colorado, said people from as far away as the Dakotas have called to report seeing the butterflies, whose population typically surges with plentiful flowers. \u2014 Bloomberg.com , 4 Oct. 2017",
|
|
"Hammer suspected the swallowtail was from the West Indies, dug out a rare, out-of-print book by an Oxford lepidopterist and quickly matched it to an image of a Poey. \u2014 Jenny Staletovich, miamiherald , 22 June 2017"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
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"1826, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-010941"
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},
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"Lepidodendron":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a genus (the type of the family Lepidodendraceae ) of fossil trees having closely set slender or subulate leaves and resembling modern club mosses in their fructification \u2014 see lepidostrobus":[],
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": any tree of the genus Lepidodendron":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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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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"New Latin, from lepid- + -dendron":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-020610"
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},
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"lepton":{
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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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": a former monetary unit equal to \u00b9/\u2081\u2080\u2080 drachma":[],
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": any of a family of particles (such as electrons, muons, and neutrinos) that have spin quantum number \u00b9/\u2082 and that experience no strong forces":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"lep-\u02c8t\u00e4n",
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"\u02c8lep-\u02cct\u00e4n"
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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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"Modern Greek, from Greek, a small coin, from neuter of leptos peeled, slender, small, from lepein to peel \u2014 more at leper":"Noun",
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"Greek leptos + English -on entry 2":"Noun"
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1741, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
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"circa 1929, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-023714"
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},
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"Lepidoidei":{
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"type":[
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"plural noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a group of extinct ganoid fishes":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02cclep\u0259\u02c8d\u022fid\u0113\u02cc\u012b"
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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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"New Latin, from lepid- + -oidei":""
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-030352"
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},
|
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"Lepidosperma":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a large genus of sedges of the family Cyperaceae having imbricated subdistichous floral scales \u2014 see sword sedge":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02cclep\u0259d\u014d\u02c8sp\u0259rm\u0259"
|
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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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"New Latin, from lepid- + -sperma":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-031509"
|
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},
|
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"Lepidodendraceae":{
|
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"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": a family of fossil pteridophytic plants (order Lepidodendrales ) that are characterized by conspicuous spirally arranged leaf scars on the trunk":[]
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-\u02ccden\u02c8dr\u0101s\u0113\u02cc\u0113"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin, from Lepidodendron , type genus + -aceae":""
|
|
},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-045804"
|
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},
|
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"Lepidophloios":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a form genus of fossil plants of the family Lepidodendraceae consisting of stems with overlapping or imbricated scars":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-\u02c8fl\u022fi\u02cc\u00e4s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin, from lepid- + Greek phloios bark":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-074024"
|
|
},
|
|
"Lepidosaphes":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a genus of destructive armored scales including the oystershell scale":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02cclep\u0259\u02c8d\u00e4s\u0259\u02ccf\u0113z"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin, from lepid- + Greek saph\u0113s clear, distinct":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-074137"
|
|
},
|
|
"lepidomelane":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a mineral K 2 (Fe, Mg) 4\u20136 (Si, Al, Fe) 8 O 20 (OH) 4 consisting of a mica that is a biotite containing ferric iron":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02cclep\u0259d\u014d\u02c8me\u02ccl\u0101n"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"German lepidomelan , from lepid- + -melane":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-091036"
|
|
},
|
|
"lepidostrobus":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a fossil composed of a large cluster of spirally arranged imbricated sporophylls and described originally as belonging to a form genus of the same name but now believed to represent the fructification of a plant of the genus Lepidodendron":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-\u02c8d\u00e4str\u0259b\u0259s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin, from lepid- + Greek strobos act of whirling round":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-102708"
|
|
},
|
|
"lepisma":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"noun,"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a genus (the type of the family Lepismatidae) of primitively wingless insects of the order Thysanura having a long flat body covered with shining scales and terminated by three long jointed styles \u2014 see silverfish \u2014 compare firebrat":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"l\u0259\u0307\u02c8pizm\u0259"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin, from Greek, peel, from lepizein to peel, from lepos rind, scale + -izein -ize":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-110715"
|
|
},
|
|
"lepidolite":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a variable form of mica used especially in glazes and enamels and as a source of lithium":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"li-\u02c8pi-d\u0259-\u02ccl\u012bt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"German Lepidolith , from lepid- + -lith":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"circa 1796, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-114126"
|
|
},
|
|
"Lepidodendrales":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an order of arborescent fossil plants (class Lycopodineae) arising during the Lower Devonian, being a conspicuous floral element throughout the Carboniferous, and being characterized by dichotomous branching both in the formation of the crown and of the thick spreading rootlike supports \u2014 see lepidodendraceae":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-\u02ccden\u02c8dr\u0101(\u02cc)l\u0113z"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin, from Lepidodendron + -ales":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-123049"
|
|
},
|
|
"lepisosteid":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": of or relating to the Lepisosteidae":[],
|
|
": a fish of the family Lepisosteidae":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\"",
|
|
"\u00a6lep\u0259\u00a6s\u00e4st\u0113\u0259\u0307d"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin Lepisosteidae":"Adjective"
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-143347"
|
|
},
|
|
"leptospermone":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a pale yellow viscous oily ketone C 15 H 22 O 4 occurring in the essential oils from various plants of the genus Leptospermum":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin Leptospermum + English -one":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-145309"
|
|
},
|
|
"Lepisosteidae":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a family of freshwater ganoid fishes comprising the genus Lepisosteus":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin, from Lepisosteus , type genus + -idae":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-163834"
|
|
},
|
|
"lepidodendrid":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a plant or fossil of Lepidodendron or a related genus":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-\u02c8dendr\u0259\u0307d"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin Lepidodendron + English -id":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-164241"
|
|
},
|
|
"Lepisosteus":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a genus of ganoid fishes containing the American freshwater gars":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-\u02c8s\u00e4st\u0113\u0259s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin, from Greek lepis scale + -osteus":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-170124"
|
|
},
|
|
"leptonecrosis":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a necrosis of the phloem tissues":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u00a6lep(\u02cc)t\u014d+"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin, from English lepto me + New Latin necrosis":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-171315"
|
|
},
|
|
"leptosporangiate":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": having each sporangium formed from a single epidermal cell":[
|
|
"leptosporangiate ferns",
|
|
"\u2014 opposed to eusporangiate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-\u0113\u02cc\u0101t"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin leptosporangiatus , from lept- + sporangium + Latin -atus -ate":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-175250"
|
|
},
|
|
"leptostaphyliny":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the quality or state of being leptostaphyline":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"International Scientific Vocabulary leptostaphyline + -y":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-181122"
|
|
},
|
|
"leproid":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": resembling leprosy":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8le\u02ccpr\u022fid"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Late Latin lepra leprosy + English -oid":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-195952"
|
|
},
|
|
"Leptomitales":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an order of water molds (subclass Oomycetes) resembling the Saprolegniales but forming branching chains because of regular constrictions of the hyphae":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02cclep(\u02cc)t\u014d\u02ccm\u012b\u02c8t\u0101(\u02cc)l\u0113z"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin, from Leptomitus , genus of water molds (from Greek leptomitos of fine threads, from lepto- lept- + mitos thread) + -ales":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-204005"
|
|
},
|
|
"lepidote":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": any of various low-growing, small-leaved rhododendrons with tiny scales on the undersurface of the leaves \u2014 compare elepidote":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8le-p\u0259-\u02ccd\u014dt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Greek lepid\u014dtos scaly, from lepid-, lepis":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"circa 1836, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-211836"
|
|
},
|
|
"lepidopterology":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a branch of entomology concerned with lepidopterans":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02ccle-p\u0259-\u02ccd\u00e4p-t\u0259-\u02c8r\u00e4-l\u0259-j\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"In his youth, Cronenberg was fascinated by the natural sciences, including botany and lepidopterology . \u2014 Adam Nayman, The New Yorker , 3 June 2022",
|
|
"There is a strange library in this house\u2014books on everything from Ayurvedic medicine to warrior goddesses, Hawaiian mythology to lepidopterology . \u2014 Meredith Carey, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 3 Aug. 2021"
|
|
],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1898, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-214739"
|
|
},
|
|
"lepo-":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"combining form"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": husk : rind : scale":[
|
|
"lepo cyte",
|
|
"lepo thrix"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
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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, from Greek lepos":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-220601"
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},
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"lepidopteron":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": an insect of the order Lepidoptera":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-t\u0259\u02ccr\u00e4n"
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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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"New Latin, singular of Lepidoptera":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-221335"
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},
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"lepidotrichium":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": one of the elongated jointed rays in the fins of certain bony fishes representing highly modified rows of scales":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02cclep\u0259d\u014d\u02c8trik\u0113\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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"New Latin, from lepid- + trich- + -ium":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-233000"
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},
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"Lepisma":{
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"noun,"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a genus (the type of the family Lepismatidae) of primitively wingless insects of the order Thysanura having a long flat body covered with shining scales and terminated by three long jointed styles \u2014 see silverfish \u2014 compare firebrat":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"l\u0259\u0307\u02c8pizm\u0259"
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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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"New Latin, from Greek, peel, from lepizein to peel, from lepos rind, scale + -izein -ize":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-001247"
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},
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"leptorrhiny":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": the quality or state of being leptorrhine":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8lept\u0259\u02ccr\u012bn\u0113"
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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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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-003332"
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},
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"lepidodendroid":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": resembling or related to the lepidodendrids":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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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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"New Latin Lepidodendron + English -oid":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-004039"
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},
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"Leptomeryx":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a genus of small Oligocene ruminants of western North America distantly related to the recent chevrotains":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"lep\u02c8t\u00e4m\u0259riks"
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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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"New Latin, from lept- + -meryx":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-021529"
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},
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"Lepospondyli":{
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"type":[
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"plural noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a taxonomic category comprising amphibians in which the centra of the vertebrae develop directly as bone without an intermediate cartilaginous stage: such as":[],
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": an order or other division comprising the extinct Aistopoda, Microsauria, and Nectridia":[],
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": a subclass of Amphibia comprising the above groups together with the Caudata and Gymnophiona":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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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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"New Latin, from lepo- + -spondyli":""
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-023359"
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},
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"Lepomis":{
|
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"type":[
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
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": a genus of North American freshwater sunfishes (family Centrarchidae) that includes the bluegill and several closely related panfishes":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"l\u0259\u0307\u02c8p\u014dm\u0259\u0307s"
|
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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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"New Latin, from Greek lepis scale, flake + -pomis (from p\u014dma lid, cover, operculum); akin to Greek poim\u0113n herdsman, shepherd, p\u014dy herd, flock":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-030305"
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},
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"lepidocrocite":{
|
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"type":[
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"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a ruby red to reddish brown mineral FeO(OH) consisting of an iron oxide hydroxide that is an important constituent of some iron ores and often occurs with goethite":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
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"-\u02c8kr\u014d\u02ccs\u012bt"
|
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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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"German lepidokrokit , from lepid- + Greek krok\u0113 thread + German -it -ite":""
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-032132"
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},
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"Lepidocarpon":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": a form genus of Carboniferous fossil lycopsid plants (order Lepidodendrales ) known from strobili with heterosporous megasporangia containing a single mature seedlike megaspore and three abortive megaspores that is sometimes considered to be on the ancestral line of true seed plants":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[],
|
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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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"New Latin, from lepid- + -carpon (from Greek karpos fruit)":""
|
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},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-032215"
|
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},
|
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"Leptoptilos":{
|
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"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": a genus of storks consisting of the adjutant birds and marabous":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"lep\u02c8t\u00e4pt\u0259l\u0259s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
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"New Latin, from lept- + Greek -ptilos -feathered, -winged (from ptilon down, feather)":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-045823"
|
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},
|
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"Lepontine Alps":{
|
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"type":[
|
|
"geographical name"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
"range of the central Alps on the border between Switzerland and Italy \u2014 see leone, monte":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8le-p\u0259n-",
|
|
"li-\u02c8p\u00e4n-\u02cct\u012bn"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-051115"
|
|
},
|
|
"leptoprosopy":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the quality or state of being leptoprosopic":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-pr\u0259\u02c8s\u014dp\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-063621"
|
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},
|
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"Lepus":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a genus (the type of the family Leporidae) comprising the typical hares":[],
|
|
": a constellation that is visible south of the constellation of Orion and that is represented by the figure of a hare":[
|
|
"Tucked away directly south of Orion are two small constellations that are far enough off the galactic plane to show galaxies, but still contain clusters and nebular in our home galaxy. Lepus the Hare holds eight stars brighter than 4th magnitude, and the form of a rabbit can indeed be made out with some imagination.",
|
|
"\u2014 Tom Polakis , Astronomy , February 2003"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8l\u0113-",
|
|
"\u02c8le-p\u0259s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin, from Latin, hare":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-072502"
|
|
},
|
|
"Lepidospermae":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a class of fossil pteridosperms resembling lepidodendrons but bearing seeds instead of megaspores":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-\u02ccm\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin, from lepid- + -spermae":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-080521"
|
|
},
|
|
"leporid":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": of or relating to the Leporidae":[],
|
|
": a mammal of the family Leporidae":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\"",
|
|
"\u02c8lep\u0259r\u0259\u0307d",
|
|
"-\u02ccrid"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin Leporidae":"Adjective"
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-092418"
|
|
},
|
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"Lepidocarpaceae":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a family of plants that is coextensive with the genus Lepidocarpon and comprises plants believed to have been arborescent lycopsids with male and female fructifications on separate plants or in separate cones":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin, from Lepidocarpon , type genus + -aceae":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-092906"
|
|
},
|
|
"lept-":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"combining form"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": small : weak : thin : fine":[
|
|
"Lept andra",
|
|
"lepto logy",
|
|
"lepto rrhine"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"lept- , New Latin, from Greek leptos , literally, peeled, husked, from lepein to peel; lepto- from Greek, from leptos":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-093303"
|
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},
|
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"lepidoblastic":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": relating to a texture in a metamorphic rock corresponding to the scaly texture of an igneous rock":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u00a6lep\u0259d\u014d\u00a6blastik"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"International Scientific Vocabulary lepid- + -blastic ; originally formed as German lepidoblastisch":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-093811"
|
|
},
|
|
"Leptophis":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a genus of slender harmless tree snakes of Central and South America":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8lept\u0259f\u0259\u0307s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin, from lept- + -ophis":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-094042"
|
|
},
|
|
"lepteny":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the quality or state of being leptene":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8lept\u0259n\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-103852"
|
|
},
|
|
"leptin":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a peptide hormone that is produced by fat cells and plays a role in body weight regulation by acting on the hypothalamus to suppress appetite and burn fat stored in adipose tissue":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8lep-t\u0259n"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
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"examples":[
|
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
|
|
"Some researchers have also suggested that irregular levels of hormones associated with obesity, like glucose-regulating adiponectin and weight-regulating leptin , compromise immune responses to the virus. \u2014 Chin Jou, Scientific American , 23 Aug. 2020",
|
|
"Further studies revealed that a hormone called leptin , responsible for appetite suppression, is regulated by the circadian clock. \u2014 New York Times , 7 May 2020",
|
|
"A year later, blood samples were collected from the patients for analysis of fasting and postprandial levels of ghrelin, leptin , peptide YY, amylin and other hormones. \u2014 Daniel Engber, Scientific American , 13 Jan. 2020",
|
|
"Also implicated is the hormone leptin , which is released by fat cells and is responsible for feelings of satiety. \u2014 Jeffrey Kluger, Time , 6 Nov. 2019",
|
|
"Nobody mentions leptin or insulin or carbohydrate metabolism. \u2014 Tamar Haspel, Washington Post , 21 Oct. 2019",
|
|
"The researchers next repeated the procedure, but in mice that had been bred to produce very little leptin . \u2014 Gretchen Reynolds, New York Times , 17 Jan. 2018",
|
|
"Consistently logging eight hours of sleep a night can help boost low testosterone levels and have a positive impact on cortisol, leptin and insulin levels. \u2014 Christy Brissette, Washington Post , 5 Aug. 2019",
|
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"As a result, leptin gets unblocked\u2014sometimes in as little as a week, resulting in an end to \u2018insatiable hunger\u2019 and compulsive grazing. \u2014 Stephanie Walden, USA TODAY , 11 Jan. 2018"
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],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Greek leptos slender + English -in entry 1":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1995, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-110054"
|
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},
|
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"leptocephalus":{
|
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"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": a long thin small-headed transparent pelagic first larva of various eels":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02cclep-t\u0259-\u02c8se-f\u0259-l\u0259s"
|
|
],
|
|
"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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"New Latin, from Greek leptos + kephal\u0113 head \u2014 more at cephalic":""
|
|
},
|
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"first_known_use":{
|
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"1769, in the meaning defined above":""
|
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},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-112337"
|
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},
|
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"leptocercal":{
|
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"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": tapering off to a long slender point":[
|
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"\u2014 used of the tail of a fish (as a sting ray)"
|
|
],
|
|
": having a leptocercal tail":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
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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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"lept- + -cercal":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-124156"
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},
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"Lepidium":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a genus of herbs of the family Cruciferae having a rounded fruit with a notch or depression at its summit \u2014 see canary grass sense 2 , garden cress":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"l\u0259\u02c8pid\u0113\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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"New Latin, from Latin, a plant, dittander, pepperwort, from Greek lepidion , diminutive of lepid-, lepis scale, flake":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-130151"
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},
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"Lepidostei":{
|
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"type":[
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"plural noun"
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a group or order of ganoid fishes that includes the Lepisosteidae and several related extinct families now usually divided between the orders Cycloganoidei, Halecostomi, and Ginglymodi and that has numerous representatives in the Mesozoic and constitutes the dominant type of fish in the Jurassic":[]
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\u02cclep\u0259\u02c8d\u00e4st\u0113\u02cc\u012b"
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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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"New Latin, from lepid- + -ostei (plural of -osteus )":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-133629"
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},
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"Leptostraca":{
|
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"type":[
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|
"adjective",
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"adjective or noun",
|
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"plural noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": a division of Malacostraca including the Phyllocarida, the Nebaliacea, and various fossil forms that are regarded as intermediate between the typical malacostracans and the lower crustaceans although classed among the former \u2014 see nebalia":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
|
"lep\u02c8t\u00e4str\u0259k\u0259"
|
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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":{
|
|
"New Latin, from lept- + -ostraca":""
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-140025"
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},
|
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"Leporidae":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a family consisting of the hares and rabbits and with the pikas constituting the order Lagomorpha":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"l\u0259\u02c8p\u022fr\u0259\u02ccd\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"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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"New Latin, from Lepor-, Lepus , type genus + -idae":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-141638"
|
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},
|
|
"Leptostromataceae":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
],
|
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"definitions":{
|
|
": a family of imperfect fungi of the order Sphaeropsidales having more or less dimidiate shield-shaped black pycnidia":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02cclept\u0259\u02ccstr\u014dm\u0259\u02c8t\u0101s\u0113\u02cc\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin, from Leptostromat-, Leptostroma , type genus (from lept- + stroma ) + -aceae":""
|
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},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-143201"
|
|
},
|
|
"lepidine":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an oily nitrogenous base C 10 H 9 N found in coal tar and obtained especially by the distillation of cinchonine; 4- methyl-quinoline":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-d\u0259\u0307n",
|
|
"\u02c8lep\u0259\u02ccd\u0113n"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin Lepidium + English -ine":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-143501"
|
|
},
|
|
"Leptomedusae":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective or noun",
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a suborder of the order Hydroida or in some classifications a separate order of Hydrozoa comprising coelenterates in which the hydranths and the productive zooids are protected by a theca, the medusae bear gonads on the radial canals, and the lithocysts when present are of ectodermal origin":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u00a6lep(\u02cc)t\u014d+"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin, from lept- + medusae (plural of medusa )":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-145059"
|
|
},
|
|
"Leptotyphlops":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a genus (the type of the family Leptotyphlopidae) of small burrowing vermiform snakes of Africa, southwestern Asia, and the warmer parts of America":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u00a6lept\u0259+"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin, from lept- + Typhlops , genus of snakes":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-151044"
|
|
},
|
|
"leptomedusan":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective or noun",
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a suborder of the order Hydroida or in some classifications a separate order of Hydrozoa comprising coelenterates in which the hydranths and the productive zooids are protected by a theca, the medusae bear gonads on the radial canals, and the lithocysts when present are of ectodermal origin":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u00a6lep(\u02cc)t\u014d+"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin, from lept- + medusae (plural of medusa )":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-152809"
|
|
},
|
|
"leptotene":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a stage of meiotic prophase immediately preceding synapsis in which the chromosomes appear as fine discrete threads":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8lep-t\u0259-\u02cct\u0113n"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"International Scientific Vocabulary":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{
|
|
"1912, in the meaning defined above":""
|
|
},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-155352"
|
|
},
|
|
"lepiota":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a genus of white-spored agarics having a prominent annulus and a flat expanded pileus and including several edible mushrooms (as L. procera ) and others (as L. morgani ) regarded as poisonous":[],
|
|
": any fungus of the genus Lepiota":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02cclep\u0113\u02c8\u014dt\u0259"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin, from Greek lepion thin rind, scurf, diminutive of lepos rind, husk, scale, from lepein to peel":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-163706"
|
|
},
|
|
"leptochlorite":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a mineral consisting of any of several chlorites of indistinct crystallization":[
|
|
"\u2014 opposed to orthochlorite"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"International Scientific Vocabulary lept- + chlorite ; probably originally formed as German leptochlorit":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-165739"
|
|
},
|
|
"leptocephalous":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a leptocephalus":[],
|
|
": characterized by or exhibiting leptocephaly":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin leptocephalus + English -ous or -ic":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-170430"
|
|
},
|
|
"lepospondylous":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": having vertebrae enclosing the notochord each of which consists of a cylinder of bone shaped like an hourglass in longitudinal section":[
|
|
"\u2014 used especially of some extinct stegocephalian amphibians"
|
|
],
|
|
": of or relating to the Lepospondyli":[],
|
|
": having the vertebral centra develop directly as bone":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"lepo- + spondylous":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-173346"
|
|
},
|
|
"Leptinotarsa":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a genus of beetles of the family Chrysomelidae containing the Colorado potato beetle":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02cclept\u0259n\u014d\u02c8t\u00e4rs\u0259"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin, from lept- + -ino- (from -inus -ine) + -tarsa (from tarsus )":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-174511"
|
|
},
|
|
"leporide":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": belgian hare":[
|
|
"\u2014 used especially by those who consider the Belgian hare to be a hybrid between the European rabbit and hare"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-\u02ccr\u0113d",
|
|
"\u02c8lep\u0259r\u0259\u0307d",
|
|
"-\u02ccrid",
|
|
"-\u02ccr\u012bd"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"French l\u00e9poride , from Latin lepor-, lepus hare":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-185534"
|
|
},
|
|
"Leptis Magna":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"geographical name"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
"ancient seaport on the Mediterranean Sea in northern Africa founded by Phoenicians near present-day Al Khums":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02cclep-t\u0259s-\u02c8mag-n\u0259"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-190849"
|
|
},
|
|
"leptoclase":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a minute crack or fracture in rock":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-\u0101z",
|
|
"\u02c8lept\u0259\u02cckl\u0101s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"International Scientific Vocabulary lept- + -clase ; probably originally formed in French":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-192410"
|
|
},
|
|
"lepper":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a horse skilled in jumping : jumper":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8lep\u0259(r)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"lep + -er":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-205344"
|
|
},
|
|
"leptite":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a mineral consisting of a fine-grained leucocratic metamorphic rock that is composed essentially of quartz and feldspar sometimes along with dark minerals":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8lep\u02cct\u012bt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"International Scientific Vocabulary lept- + -ite":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-205734"
|
|
},
|
|
"Lepilemur":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a small genus of rare and little-known lemurs \u2014 see sportive lemur":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u00a6lep\u0259+"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin, from Latin lepi dus pleasing, agreeable + New Latin Lemur":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-210517"
|
|
},
|
|
"lepospondyl":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an amphibian of the order, subclass, or other division Lepospondyli":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02cclep\u0259\u02c8sp\u00e4nd\u1d4al"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin Lepospondyli":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-212241"
|
|
},
|
|
"Lepidus":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"biographical name"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
"Marcus Aemilius died 13(or 12) b.c. Roman triumvir":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8le-p\u0259-d\u0259s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-213933"
|
|
},
|
|
"leptome":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a part of the mestome that conducts food materials":[],
|
|
": a somewhat rudimentary phloem in cryptogams":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8lep\u02cct\u014dm"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"German leptom , from lept- + -om -ome":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-220236"
|
|
},
|
|
"leporiform":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": resembling a hare in form":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"l\u0259\u0307\u02c8p\u022fr-",
|
|
"\u02c8lep\u0259r\u0259\u02ccf\u022frm"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"Latin lepor-, lepus hare + English -iform":""
|
|
},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-221143"
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},
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"leptomatic":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": of or relating to the leptome":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u00a6lept\u0259\u00a6matik"
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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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"leptome + -atic (after such pairs as English symptom : symptomatic)":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-221613"
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},
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"leptothermal":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": of or relating to a portion of the hydrothermal sequence of ore deposits that lies between mesothermal and epithermal":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u00a6lept\u0259+"
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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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"lept- + thermal":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-221811"
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},
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"leporine":{
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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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": of, relating to, or resembling a hare":[],
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": leporide":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8lep\u0259\u02ccr\u012bn",
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"\"",
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"-r\u0259\u0307n"
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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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"Latin leporinus , from lepor-, lepus hare + -inus -ine":"Adjective"
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-221912"
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},
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"Lepidurus":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a genus of phyllopod crustaceans of the family Triopidae including a species ( L. couesi ) common in western North America":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-\u02c8d(y)u\u0307r\u0259s"
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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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"New Latin, from lepid- + -urus":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-224448"
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},
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"Leporillus":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a genus of large gregarious blunt-nosed Australian rats that build community houses of sticks, grasses, and debris":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02cclep\u0259\u02c8ril\u0259s"
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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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"New Latin, diminutive of Latin lepor-, lepus hare":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-225322"
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},
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"leptodactyl":{
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
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],
|
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"definitions":{
|
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": leptodactylous":[],
|
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": a bird or other animal having slender toes":[]
|
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},
|
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"pronounciation":[
|
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"\""
|
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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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"New Latin leptodactylus , from lept- + -dactylus (from Greek -daktylos -dactylous":"Adjective"
|
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},
|
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"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-230152"
|
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},
|
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"leptodactylid":{
|
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"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
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],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": of or relating to the Leptodactylidae":[]
|
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},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin Leptodactylidae":""
|
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},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-230259"
|
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},
|
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"leptology":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": crystallography":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"lep\u02c8t\u00e4l\u0259j\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"leptology from lept- + -logy; leptonology from Greek lepton (neuter of leptos small, fine) + English -o- + -logy":""
|
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},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-232158"
|
|
},
|
|
"Leptodactylidae":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a family of toothed toads that is more or less coextensive with Bufonidae":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin, from Leptodactylus , type genus + -idae":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-233440"
|
|
},
|
|
"leppy":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a motherless calf : dogie":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8lep\u0113"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"origin unknown":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-001857"
|
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},
|
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"leptodactylous":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": having slender toes":[
|
|
"leptodactylous birds"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"lept- + -dactylous":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-005051"
|
|
},
|
|
"Leptodactylus":{
|
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"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a genus of toothed toads that is usually placed in the family Bufonidae and that comprises the South American bullfrogs and related forms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin, from lept- + -dactylus (from Greek daktylos finger, toe)":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-005255"
|
|
},
|
|
"leptodermous":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": having a thin skin":[
|
|
"\u2014 used especially of the theca of a moss"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"lept- + -dermous (as in pachydermous ) or -dermatous":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-011814"
|
|
},
|
|
"leptocephalid":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": leptocephalus sense 2a":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-\u02c8sef\u0259l\u0259\u0307d"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin leptocephalus + English -id":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-013019"
|
|
},
|
|
"Leptobos":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": an extinct polled bovine held to be an ancestor of domestic cattle":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8lept\u0259+\u02cc-"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin, from lept- + Bos":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-014239"
|
|
},
|
|
"Leptocardii":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a class coextensive with Cephalochordata and often considered the lowest division of Vertebrata":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"-d\u0113\u02cc\u012b"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin, from lept- + -cardii (from Greek kardia heart)":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-020547"
|
|
},
|
|
"Leptodora":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a genus (the type of the family Leptodoridae) of freshwater entomostracans of the order Cladocera":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"lep\u02c8t\u00e4d\u0259r\u0259"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin, from lept- + Greek dora hide, from derein to skin, flay (rend)":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-031616"
|
|
},
|
|
"leptoform":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a plant rust having a telial stage that is not preceded by a resting stage \u2014 compare microform":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"\u02c8lept\u0259\u02ccf\u022frm"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"lept- + form":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-033550"
|
|
},
|
|
"leptokurtic":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": being more peaked than the corresponding normal distribution curve":[],
|
|
": being more concentrated about the mean than the corresponding normal distribution":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"lept- + Greek kyrtos bulging, convex, curved + English -ic ; akin to Latin curvus bent, curved":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-040454"
|
|
},
|
|
"leptokurtosis":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": the condition of being leptokurtic":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin, from English leptokurt ic + New Latin -osis":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-041834"
|
|
},
|
|
"Leptolepidae":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a family of primitive clupeoid fishes of the Upper Lias and Lower Cretaceous":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin, from Leptolepis , type genus + -idae":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-041913"
|
|
},
|
|
"Leptolepis":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"definitions":{
|
|
": a genus (the type of the family Leptolepidae ) of primitive clupeoid fishes that includes numerous small thin-scaled fishes with the tail nearly homocercal":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"pronounciation":[
|
|
"lep\u02c8t\u00e4l\u0259p\u0259\u0307s"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"synonym_discussion":"",
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"history_and_etymology":{
|
|
"New Latin, from lept- + -lepis":""
|
|
},
|
|
"first_known_use":{},
|
|
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-042131"
|
|
}
|
|
} |