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397 lines
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{
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"Mytilacea":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a suborder of Filibranchia including the family Mytilidae and sometimes related families (as Pteriidae)":[]
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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 Mytilus + -acea":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02ccmit\u0259\u02c8l\u0101sh\u0113\u0259"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-081527",
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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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},
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"Mytilidae":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a family of marine bivalve mollusks (order Filibranchia) having the shell elongated and equivalve with a large narrow internal ligament and a byssus for attachment to the substrate \u2014 compare mussel":[]
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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 Mytilus , type genus + -idae":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"m\u012b\u02c8til\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":"20220707-080426",
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"type":[
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"plural noun"
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]
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},
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"Mytilus":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": the type genus of Mytilidae comprising usually smooth-shelled marine mussels that live attached to solid objects chiefly in the intertidal zone and include the common edible mussel ( M. edulis )":[]
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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 mytilus, mytulus, mitulus , a mussel, from Greek mytilos, mitylos":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8mit\u1d4al\u0259s"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-065250",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"myth":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a person or thing having only an imaginary or unverifiable existence":[
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"the Superman myth",
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"The unicorn is a myth ."
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],
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": a usually traditional story of ostensibly historical events that serves to unfold part of the world view of a people or explain a practice, belief, or natural phenomenon":[
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"creation myths"
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],
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": an unfounded or false notion":[
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"the myth of racial superiority"
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],
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": parable , allegory":[
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"Moral responsibility is the motif of Plato's myths ."
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],
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": the whole body of myths":[
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"a student of Greek myth"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"It's an enduring myth that money brings happiness.",
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"I don't believe the myths and legend s about this forest.",
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"Contrary to popular myth , no monster lives in this lake.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The Antaeus myth is one of many that eerily parallel our current predicament. \u2014 Lily Houston Smith, The Atlantic , 23 June 2022",
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"Another myth is that people with social anxiety avoid the spotlight. \u2014 Philip Ellis, Men's Health , 22 May 2022",
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"The ever-expanding myth is frustrating, because the real story is so much better. \u2014 Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle , 4 May 2022",
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"This myth is that AI will always be unbiased and neutral. \u2014 Lance Eliot, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
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"And although the myth is dead, war watchers said its spread raised questions over how information is processed in a war where journalists have struggled to access the front lines. \u2014 NBC News , 2 May 2022",
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"The myth is that this bill is going to fix that problem. ... \u2014 Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant , 28 Apr. 2022",
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"The model minority myth is a stereotype started in the civil rights movement (era) by an American White sociologist. \u2014 Julia M. Chan, CNN , 15 Mar. 2022",
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"Placed in its historical context, this myth of antifascism, anti-Nazism and anti-Zionism is far more than rhetoric. \u2014 Juliana Geran Pilon, WSJ , 11 Mar. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1830, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"earlier mythos, mythus, borrowed from Greek m\u0177thos \"utterance, speech, discourse, tale, narrative, fiction, legend,\" of obscure origin":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8mith"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"fable",
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"legend",
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"mythos"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-220848",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"mythic":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": based on or described in a myth especially as contrasted with history":[],
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": existing only in the imagination : fictitious , imaginary":[
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"constructed a mythical all-star team"
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],
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": having qualities suitable to myth : legendary":[
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"the twilight of a mythic professional career",
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"\u2014 Clayton Riley"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Hercules was a mythical hero who was half man and half god.",
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"gods fighting in a mythical battle in the sky",
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"The sportswriters picked a mythical all-star team.",
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"The benefits of the new policy proved to be mythical .",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Like the mythical bird, this superyacht is rising from the ashes of its humble, commercial-vessel past and could soon become a modern explorer yacht. \u2014 Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report , 4 June 2021",
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"Mostly because the annual event marks not the destruction of San Francisco but its rebirth, a special place that rose from the ashes, like the phoenix, a mythical bird that is one of the symbols of the city. \u2014 Carl Nolte, San Francisco Chronicle , 17 Apr. 2021",
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"Claires Danes stars in a six-episode period drama about a widow who discovers that her new home in Essex is reportedly home to a mythical creature. \u2014 oregonlive , 15 May 2022",
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"The Essex Serpent, about a widow who befriends a priest in her new hometown that has a mythical creature in its waters. \u2014 Ew Staff, EW.com , 13 May 2022",
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"La Salle named the ship Le Griffon, after the mythical creature whose body of a lion has the head and wings of an eagle. \u2014 Bill Laitner, Detroit Free Press , 11 May 2022",
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"This dog breed kind of looks like a cross between a dog, a pony, and a mythical creature. \u2014 Jamie Ballard, Woman's Day , 3 May 2022",
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"Knowing this keeps a certain alluring appeal to the mythical creature of the entrepreneur; never to be truly understood, but always to be admired. \u2014 Josephine Kant, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022",
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"The Aztec ruler took his name from the name of a mythical creature that lived near lakes and in swamps. \u2014 Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica , 17 Mar. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1610, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"mythical, from Late Latin m\u0233thicus \"of myth, legendary\" (borrowed from Greek m\u0233thik\u00f3s, from m\u0177thos \"utterance, tale, myth \" + -ikos -ic entry 1 ) + -al entry 1 ; mythic, borrowed from Late Latin m\u0233thicus":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8mi-thi-k\u0259l"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for mythical fictitious , fabulous , legendary , mythical , apocryphal mean having the nature of something imagined or invented. fictitious implies fabrication and suggests artificiality or contrivance more than deliberate falsification or deception. fictitious characters fabulous stresses the marvelous or incredible character of something without necessarily implying impossibility or actual nonexistence. a land of fabulous riches legendary suggests the elaboration of invented details and distortion of historical facts produced by popular tradition. the legendary exploits of Davy Crockett mythical implies a purely fanciful explanation of facts or the creation of beings and events out of the imagination. mythical creatures apocryphal implies an unknown or dubious source or origin or may imply that the thing itself is dubious or inaccurate. a book that repeats many apocryphal stories",
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"synonyms":[
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"fabled",
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"fabulous",
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"legendary"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-055111",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb"
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]
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},
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"mythical":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": based on or described in a myth especially as contrasted with history":[],
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": existing only in the imagination : fictitious , imaginary":[
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"constructed a mythical all-star team"
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],
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": having qualities suitable to myth : legendary":[
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"the twilight of a mythic professional career",
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"\u2014 Clayton Riley"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Hercules was a mythical hero who was half man and half god.",
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"gods fighting in a mythical battle in the sky",
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"The sportswriters picked a mythical all-star team.",
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"The benefits of the new policy proved to be mythical .",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Like the mythical bird, this superyacht is rising from the ashes of its humble, commercial-vessel past and could soon become a modern explorer yacht. \u2014 Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report , 4 June 2021",
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"Mostly because the annual event marks not the destruction of San Francisco but its rebirth, a special place that rose from the ashes, like the phoenix, a mythical bird that is one of the symbols of the city. \u2014 Carl Nolte, San Francisco Chronicle , 17 Apr. 2021",
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"Claires Danes stars in a six-episode period drama about a widow who discovers that her new home in Essex is reportedly home to a mythical creature. \u2014 oregonlive , 15 May 2022",
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"The Essex Serpent, about a widow who befriends a priest in her new hometown that has a mythical creature in its waters. \u2014 Ew Staff, EW.com , 13 May 2022",
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"La Salle named the ship Le Griffon, after the mythical creature whose body of a lion has the head and wings of an eagle. \u2014 Bill Laitner, Detroit Free Press , 11 May 2022",
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"This dog breed kind of looks like a cross between a dog, a pony, and a mythical creature. \u2014 Jamie Ballard, Woman's Day , 3 May 2022",
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"Knowing this keeps a certain alluring appeal to the mythical creature of the entrepreneur; never to be truly understood, but always to be admired. \u2014 Josephine Kant, Forbes , 12 Apr. 2022",
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"The Aztec ruler took his name from the name of a mythical creature that lived near lakes and in swamps. \u2014 Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica , 17 Mar. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1610, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"mythical, from Late Latin m\u0233thicus \"of myth, legendary\" (borrowed from Greek m\u0233thik\u00f3s, from m\u0177thos \"utterance, tale, myth \" + -ikos -ic entry 1 ) + -al entry 1 ; mythic, borrowed from Late Latin m\u0233thicus":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8mi-thi-k\u0259l"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for mythical fictitious , fabulous , legendary , mythical , apocryphal mean having the nature of something imagined or invented. fictitious implies fabrication and suggests artificiality or contrivance more than deliberate falsification or deception. fictitious characters fabulous stresses the marvelous or incredible character of something without necessarily implying impossibility or actual nonexistence. a land of fabulous riches legendary suggests the elaboration of invented details and distortion of historical facts produced by popular tradition. the legendary exploits of Davy Crockett mythical implies a purely fanciful explanation of facts or the creation of beings and events out of the imagination. mythical creatures apocryphal implies an unknown or dubious source or origin or may imply that the thing itself is dubious or inaccurate. a book that repeats many apocryphal stories",
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"synonyms":[
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"fabled",
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"fabulous",
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"legendary"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-085406",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb"
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]
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},
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"mythology":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a body of myths : such as":[],
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": a branch of knowledge that deals with myth":[],
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": a popular belief or assumption that has grown up around someone or something : myth sense 2a":[
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"defective mythologies that ignore masculine depth of feeling",
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"\u2014 Robert Bly"
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],
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": an allegorical narrative":[],
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": mythos sense 2":[
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"cold war mythology"
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],
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": the myths dealing with the gods, demigods, and legendary heroes of a particular people":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"We have been studying ancient Greek mythology .",
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"We compared the two cultures' mythologies .",
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"There is a popular mythology that he discovered the cause of the disease by himself.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Yaguello recounts the utopian impulses behind projects like Esperanto and Volap\u00fck; speculative fiction\u2019s explorations of linguistic theory; and the search, rooted in Judeo-Christian mythology , for an original, universal tongue. \u2014 The New Yorker , 27 June 2022",
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"That water is a focal point, and the resort takes its name from an aquatic creature in Turkish mythology that\u2019s similar to a mermaid. \u2014 Ann Abel, Forbes , 15 June 2022",
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"Portrayed as legendary women in ancient mythology , the women were photographed in a secret location that satisfied Graff\u2019s demanding brief. \u2014 Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report , 3 May 2022",
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"Staff at the ministry concluded that the head belonged to a statue of Anat, the goddess of love, beauty and war in Canaanite mythology , said Rida. \u2014 Zeena Saifi, CNN , 27 Apr. 2022",
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"In Egyptian mythology , Taweret was generally considered a protective deity and was at times associated with childbirth. \u2014 Tracy Brownstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 20 Apr. 2022",
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"For all its sprinklings of pixie dust \u2014 a wiggly scorpion samba, a cyclone of flying pastries \u2014 the movie is often disconcertingly adult, and at the same time, largely unconcerned with welcoming in viewers not already steeped in the mythology . \u2014 Leah Greenblatt, EW.com , 7 Apr. 2022",
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"In Jewish mythology , Leviathan was a primordial sea serpent, something malevolent, chaotic, uncontrollable, and beyond human comprehension. \u2014 Joseph Loconte, National Review , 2 Apr. 2022",
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"Certainly the surrounding coast \u2014 part of the Lazio region, and sometimes referred to as the Costa Pontina \u2014 factors into the history and mythology of both eras. \u2014 Maria Shollenbarger, Travel + Leisure , 20 June 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1603, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English methologie, mithologie \"exposition of a myth, book of myths,\" borrowed from Middle French & Late Latin; Middle French mythologie, borrowed from Late Latin m\u0233thologia (in Mythologiae, title of a myth compilation by Fulgentius, ca. 500), borrowed from Greek m\u0233tholog\u00eda \"fiction, storytelling,\" from m\u0177thos \"utterance, tale, myth \" + -o- -o- + -logia -logy":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"mi-\u02c8th\u00e4-l\u0259-j\u0113"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"folklore",
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"legend",
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"legendry",
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"lore",
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"myth",
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"mythos",
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"tradition"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-105655",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"mythos":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a pattern of beliefs expressing often symbolically the characteristic or prevalent attitudes in a group or culture":[],
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": myth sense 1a":[],
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": mythology sense 2a":[],
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": theme , plot":[
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"the starving artist mythos"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"according to one creation mythos , humans sprang from the forehead of a god",
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"the Superman mythos has long since become ingrained in popular American culture",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"The mythos around the character of Ethel Cain is long enough to fill a novel or a film \u2014 or, in Anhed\u00f6nia\u2019s case, a concept album. \u2014 Stephen Daw, Billboard , 12 May 2022",
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"Given that this new series takes place between two movie trilogies, there are a ton of references and allusions to the wider Star Wars mythos , all of which have been detailed in a new video on the Heavy Spoilers channel. \u2014 Philip Ellis, Men's Health , 29 May 2022",
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"Ice also undoes the Soviet mythos of man triumphing over nature, particularly in the Arctic, that tends to appear in science fiction. \u2014 Jennifer Wilson, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 25 May 2022",
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"For Kai, being on camera both feeds his mythos and undergirds his business model. \u2014 William Finnegan, The New Yorker , 23 May 2022",
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"Composer Anthony Davis wrote the music and weaved in various influences, from the grand mythos of Richard Wagner to the cosmic utopianism of Sun Ra. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 20 May 2022",
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"Miramax is said to have exited, torpedoing what would have been a modern take on the mythos . \u2014 Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter , 18 Apr. 2022",
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"This story has become part of the mythos of one of the greatest stars of the classic Hollywood era. \u2014 Racquel Gates, CNN , 10 May 2022",
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"The Kinane incident has since become legend, a cornerstone of the Des Moines comedy mythos that is embellished and passed down to new members of their sect in the wee hours when the empties stack up and the tales grow taller. \u2014 Lee Keeler, SPIN , 10 May 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1753, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"borrowed from Greek m\u0177thos \"utterance, speech, discourse, tale, narrative, fiction, legend,\" of obscure origin":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-\u02ccth\u00e4s",
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"\u02c8mi-\u02ccth\u014ds"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"fable",
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"legend",
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"myth"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-012717",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"mythus":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": myth sense 1":[],
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": mythos sense 2":[]
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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 mythos":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8m\u012bth\u0259s"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-115731",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"mythy":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": resembling, concerned with, or of a subject for myth":[
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"a mythy theme"
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1852, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8mi-th\u0113"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-193623",
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"mytilid":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a mollusk of the family Mytilidae : mussel":[],
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": of or relating to the Mytilidae":[]
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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 Mytilidae":"Noun"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\"",
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"\u02c8mit\u1d4al\u0259\u0307d"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-093125",
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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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"mytiliform":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": shaped like a mussel shell":[]
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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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"Latin mytil us + English -iform":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-\u02ccf\u022frm"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-062552",
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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}
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} |