dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/pag_MW.json
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"Niccol\u00f2 1782\u20131840 Italian violinist":[]
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"\u02ccp\u00e4-",
"\u02ccpa-g\u0259-\u02c8n\u0113-n\u0113"
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": the material printed or written on a page":[],
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": to send a message to via a pager":[],
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"Walter Hines 1855\u20131918 American journalist and diplomat":[]
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)":"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3":"Verb",
"1628, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"Verb"
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"Middle French, from Latin pagina ; akin to Latin pangere to fix, fasten \u2014 more at pact":"Noun"
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"witches, druids, goddess worshippers, and other pagans in America today",
"\u2014 Alice Dowd"
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": of, relating to, or having the characteristics of pagans":[
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"Reuse of Roman objects was not uncommon during the Middle Ages, although the discovery of ancient sculpture was usually a momentous event, and pagan images in particular provoked fearful responses.",
"\u2014 Peter Scott Brown",
"In addition to moon-rituals, wiccans celebrate pagan seasonal holidays \u2026",
"\u2014 Scott McMurray"
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": one who has little or no religion and who delights in sensual pleasures and material goods : an irreligious or hedonistic person":[]
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"Noun",
"the Spanish conquistadores regarded the native peoples of the lands that they conquered as pagans who were uncivilized and inherently inferior",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Church officials decided to recognize Dec. 25 as his birthday, probably to coincide with the date of pagan festivals in an attempt to get pagans to accept Christianity as the official religion. \u2014 Atlanta Life, ajc , 10 Nov. 2017",
"While plague stalks the land, paranoid peasants swap cautionary folk tales about evil spirits, pagans , Jews and other outsiders. \u2014 Stephen Dalton, The Hollywood Reporter , 9 Oct. 2017",
"Thomas Jefferson had strong views on religion, but his Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom disestablished the Church of England and established religious liberty for Christians, Muslims, Jews, Hindus, even pagans . \u2014 Jonah Goldberg, National Review , 27 Sep. 2017",
"Thomas Jefferson had strong views on religion, but his Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom disestablished the Church of Englandand established religious liberty for Christians, Muslims, Jews, Hindus, even pagans . \u2014 Jonah Goldberg, Alaska Dispatch News , 27 Sep. 2017",
"Lance Wallnau, a Christian author, claimed God spoke to him and showed him that Trump was like King Cyrus, who followed God\u2019s will despite being a pagan . \u2014 Colby Itkowitz, Washington Post , 23 Aug. 2017",
"To do Trumpzilla justice, the film should be blustery, spectacular, gold-garish, and neo- pagan , a Circus Maximus Cecil B. DeMille might have whipped up with his riding crop after a fever dream. \u2014 James Wolcott, HWD , 19 June 2017",
"To do Trumpzilla justice, the film should be blustery, spectacular, gold-garish, and neo- pagan , a Circus Maximus Cecil B. DeMille might have whipped up with his riding crop after a fever dream. \u2014 James Wolcott, HWD , 19 June 2017",
"To do Trumpzilla justice, the film should be blustery, spectacular, gold-garish, and neo- pagan , a Circus Maximus Cecil B. DeMille might have whipped up with his riding crop after a fever dream. \u2014 James Wolcott, HWD , 19 June 2017"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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"Middle English, from Late Latin paganus , from Latin, civilian, country dweller, from pagus country district; akin to Latin pangere to fix \u2014 more at pact":"Noun"
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"Late Latin paganicus of a pagan, from paganus + Latin -icus -ic":""
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"the paganism of early Rome",
"He is a practitioner of Paganism .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Followers of paganism don special attire and flower garlands, which are believed to repel evil spirits, hold special rituals and start bonfires. \u2014 Annabelle Timsit, Washington Post , 21 June 2022",
"Kyivans spoke a Slavic language that had no writing system, and practiced a paganism without idols or temples. \u2014 Timothy Snyder, The New Yorker , 28 Apr. 2022",
"The time where the show takes place is at the breaking point of paganism right where Christianity is coming in. \u2014 Jordan Moreau, Variety , 4 Apr. 2022",
"Its subject matter hints at one reason why Rubens was so fixated on classical history: Constantine was the first Roman emperor to throw polytheistic paganism overboard in favor of the monotheism of Christianity. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 6 Dec. 2021",
"In all of these religions \u2013 which include Hellenic paganism , druidry and heathenism, among others \u2013 both the Earth and the spirits that are believed to reside in animate and inanimate objects are seen as sacred. \u2014 Helen A. Berger, The Conversation , 20 Oct. 2021",
"Wicca is one of the most popular forms of contemporary paganism , a set of religions whose practices are inspired by pre-Christian religions. \u2014 Helen A. Berger, The Conversation , 20 Oct. 2021",
"Glendalough, in County Wicklow, a seventh-century monastery, flourished when Saint Patrick began converting the Irish to Catholicism from paganism in the fifth century. \u2014 Lea Lane, Forbes , 11 Mar. 2021",
"Manifesting sits alongside a smattering of belief systems \u2014 astrology, tarot, paganism and their metaphysical cousins \u2014 being resurrected by a youthful generation in the name of wellness. \u2014 New York Times , 20 Jan. 2021"
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"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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"Late Latin paganitas , from paganus + Latin -itat-, -itas -ity":""
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"1615, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":""
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": a tree ( Sonneratia apetala ) growing chiefly in mangrove swamps and producing a hard wood that ranges in color from reddish brown to black and is used extensively in construction work and furniture":[]
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"native name in the Philippines":""
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"\u2014 Joan Didion",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"At Beatrice and Edo's wedding in July 2020, Wolfie served as a page boy in the royal wedding and as his father\u2019s best man. \u2014 Emily Burack, Town & Country , 5 June 2022",
"Beatrice is his stepmother, and Wolfie played a key role in his dad's wedding to Princess Beatrice last summer, serving as both page boy and best man. \u2014 Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country , 19 May 2021",
"Prince George was a page boy , and Princess Charlotte was a bridesmaid at their aunt's wedding, adorably stealing the show. \u2014 Harper's Bazaar Staff, Harper's BAZAAR , 15 Mar. 2021",
"Pippa, who wore a bespoke lace gown designed by Giles Deacon, had Prince George as a page boy and Princess Charlotte as a mini bridesmaid. \u2014 Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR , 16 Mar. 2021",
"The two older Cambridge kids have served as a page boy and a bridesmaid in a number of nuptials, both royal and civilian in recent years\u2014so their absence from Princess Beatrice's wedding portraits is particularly noticeable. \u2014 Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country , 18 July 2020",
"Buckingham Palace confirmed this morning that Edoardo\u2019s son Wolfie served as a page boy in the royal wedding and as his father\u2019s best man. \u2014 Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country , 18 July 2020",
"Wolfie, born in 2016, played an important role in Edoardo and Beatrice's surprise Windsor nuptials last week serving as both the best man and page boy . \u2014 Bianca Betancourt, Harper's BAZAAR , 24 July 2020",
"The young boy played a central role in the couple's recent Windsor wedding, acting as Mapelli Mozzi's best man and also the ceremony's page boy . \u2014 Bianca Betancourt, Harper's BAZAAR , 24 July 2020"
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"1859, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"They disagreed with the pageant judges.",
"Their church puts on an annual Christmas pageant .",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"The former pageant star posted a collection of polaroids from the party on Instagram and tagged Duhamel in a cute selfie of the two of them. \u2014 Francesca Gariano, PEOPLE.com , 30 June 2022",
"LaBeija, a contestant in the 1967 Miss All-American Camp Beauty Pageant, walked off stage after coming in as third runner-up in a drag pageant system where people of color could compete but were rarely the winner. \u2014 Tiffany Cusaac-smith, USA TODAY , 30 June 2022",
"The pageant , established by husband-and-wife team David and Elaine Marmel, focused on celebrating the role of married women in society. \u2014 Naman Ramachandran, Variety , 29 June 2022",
"Filipina beauty queen wins major transgender pageant Meet Fuschia Anne Ravena, the stunning transgender beauty queen who seeks to inspire. \u2014 Alexandra Meeks, CNN , 27 June 2022",
"Prince Louis, in particular, was practically the star of Queen Elizabeth's Platinum Jubilee, where the four-year-old was photographed making cheeky faces during the Trooping the Colour and the final pageant event. \u2014 Whitney Perry, Glamour , 19 June 2022",
"The marque\u2019s restoration division, Jaguar Classic, debuted a beautiful 1965 Series 1 E-type roadster just in time for the event\u2019s 15-car pageant on Sunday. \u2014 Bryan Hood, Robb Report , 6 June 2022",
"Sunday\u2019s pageant began with a spectacular military parade featuring 200 horses marching down the Mall to Buckingham Palace. \u2014 Sylvia Hui, BostonGlobe.com , 5 June 2022",
"The extravagance will culminate Sunday in a \u00a315 million pageant carnival complete with celebrity performers. \u2014 Christine Mui, Fortune , 4 June 2022"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
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"-i\u0259",
"\u00a6paj\u0259n\u00a6ti(\u0259)r"
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"I like the tradition and pageantry that come with graduations.",
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee celebrations were full of lavish pageantry to mark the British monarch's 70-year-reign. \u2014 Megan C. Hills, CNN , 6 June 2022",
"The ostensible purpose of all the pageantry was to celebrate the queen\u2019s birthday, which was in April. \u2014 Mark Landler, BostonGlobe.com , 2 June 2022",
"The ostensible purpose of all the pageantry was to celebrate the queen\u2019s birthday, which was in April. \u2014 Mark Landler, New York Times , 2 June 2022",
"For a cool 360-degree video of the pageantry a few years ago, watch the below: This content is imported from YouTube. \u2014 Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country , 16 May 2022",
"More than 1,200 military officers and soldiers will put on a display of military pageantry on London\u2019s Horse Guards Parade, surrounded by hundreds of army musicians and around 240 horses. \u2014 Omid Scobie, Harper's BAZAAR , 6 May 2022",
"The May 9 Victory Day Parade is an unavoidable moment of pageantry , putting Russia\u2019s military and Russia\u2019s leadership on a prominent world stage. \u2014 Craig Hooper, Forbes , 2 May 2022",
"Open Queue Twenty-five years ago, Hong Kong returned to Chinese sovereignty amid scenes of high pageantry as Beijing pledged to leave the city\u2019s way of life unchanged for 50 years. \u2014 Louisa Lim, WSJ , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Royal jubilees tend to be a high water mark for pageantry , which is saying a lot in Britain. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 Jan. 2022"
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"1609, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"\u2014 Jaclyn Peiser",
"Think it's tough to get the average Web site off the ground",
"\u2014 Evan Ratliff"
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"\u2014 compare impression sense 6":[
"The challenge of wringing profits from page views has eluded much of the industry, and the paper proved unable to end its losing streak.",
"\u2014 Jaclyn Peiser",
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"\u2014 Evan Ratliff"
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"first_known_use":{
"1972, in the meaning defined above":""
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"definitions":{
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": a chronic disease that is characterized by one or more enlarged, weak bones (such as of the pelvis, spine, or skull) and may be marked by bone pain but is often asymptomatic":[]
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
"But behind the pit wall and on the top floors of the pagoda , a team of women at Indianapolis Motor Speedway help make race day happen. \u2014 Grace Hollars, The Indianapolis Star , 26 May 2022",
"Many of the 18th-century follies, including an Egyptian obelisk and teepees with servants dressed as Native Americans, have long since disappeared, although grottoes, waterfalls and a reproduction of the pagoda still enchant visitors. \u2014 Mary Winston Nicklin, Washington Post , 17 June 2022",
"Townspeople holding artificial trees with paper money as foliage\u2014actual Cambodian riel\u2014paraded past us, celebrating the donations made by the town to maintain the pagoda . \u2014 Michael Scott Moore, The New Yorker , 25 May 2022",
"The pagoda -like Silo feeder, in three colors of recycled plastic, is about $64. \u2014 New York Times , 2 June 2022",
"The pagoda had high columns, flaring gables, and a fine layer of paint that looked like (but wasn\u2019t) gold leaf. \u2014 Michael Scott Moore, The New Yorker , 25 May 2022",
"In front of its pagoda exterior are hand and foot impressions of 334 industry luminaries. \u2014 Todd Gilchrist, Variety , 18 May 2022",
"The shopping center opened in 1968 with shops, restaurants and a hotel surrounding Peace Plaza, marked by a 100-foot pagoda gifted by Osaka, Japan, sister city to San Francisco. \u2014 Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle , 10 Mar. 2022",
"Steven Hebrank pushed his shopping cart into the pagoda seating area where Dudley Avenue meets the boardwalk. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 Feb. 2022"
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": one having or covering a specified number or kind of pages":[
"\u2014 used in combination her essay was a 15- pager"
]
},
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"\u02c8p\u0101-j\u0259r"
],
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"first_known_use":{
"1870, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
"1966, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-200935"
},
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"type":[
"biographical name",
"noun",
"verb"
],
"definitions":{
": the material printed or written on a page":[],
": the block of information found at a single World Wide Web address":[],
": a noteworthy event or period":[],
": a written record":[],
"Walter Hines 1855\u20131918 American journalist and diplomat":[],
": to turn the pages (as of a book or magazine) especially in a steady or haphazard manner":[
"\u2014 usually used with through"
],
": to number or mark the pages of":[],
": to summon by repeatedly calling out the name of":[],
": to send a message to via a pager":[],
": to wait on or serve in the capacity of a page":[],
": a youth being trained for the medieval rank of knight and in the personal service of a knight":[],
": a youth attendant on a person of rank especially in the medieval period":[],
": a boy serving as an honorary attendant at a formal function (such as a wedding)":[],
": one employed to deliver messages, assist patrons, serve as a guide, or attend to similar duties":[],
": an act or instance of paging":[
"a page came over the loudspeaker",
"got a page from the client"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8p\u0101j"
],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle French, from Latin pagina ; akin to Latin pangere to fix, fasten \u2014 more at pact":"Noun",
"Middle English, from Anglo-French":"Noun"
},
"first_known_use":{
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"1628, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":"Verb",
"15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3":"Verb",
"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)":"Noun"
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-211725"
},
"Pago Pago":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"town on Tutuila Island, port on the South Pacific Ocean, and capital of American Samoa population 3656":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccp\u00e4\u014b-(\u02cc)\u014d-\u02c8p\u00e4\u014b-(\u02cc)\u014d",
"\u02ccp\u00e4-(\u02cc)g\u014d-\u02c8p\u00e4-(\u02cc)g\u014d"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-220201"
},
"page proof":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a proof from type that has been made up into a page":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-023439"
},
"pagod":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": pagoda":[],
": an image of a Far Eastern deity : idol":[],
": god entry 1 sense 1c, 2":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"p\u0259\u02c8g\u00e4d",
"\u02c8pag\u0259d"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Portuguese pagode":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-024928"
},
"pagne":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a native costume worn especially in Africa and consisting typically of a long rectangular often brightly colored or decorated piece of cloth that is wrapped tightly about the torso with the ends usually falling free or that is used as a loincloth or undergarment":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8p\u0227n\u02b8"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"French, from Spanish pa\u00f1o cloth, from Latin pannus":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-031302"
},
"page through":{
"type":[
"phrasal verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to turn the pages of (a book, magazine, etc.) especially in a quick, steady manner":[
"He paged through the magazine looking for the article."
]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-100511"
},
"page paper":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a strong stiff paper or card on which set and tied-up type is laid for storage":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-132445"
},
"page gauge":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a device (as a strip of nicked metal or wood or marked paper) for measuring the vertical dimension of a page \u2014 compare line gauge":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-174852"
},
"pagoscope":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a device for showing at a glance whether the prevailing dew point is below freezing : hygrodeik":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8pag\u0259\u02ccsk\u014dp"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Greek pagos frost + English -scope ; akin to Greek p\u0113gnynai to fix, fasten together":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-182502"
},
"page cord":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": cord used to tie up pages of metal type matter":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"page entry 3":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-091005"
},
"pagurus":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a large cosmopolitan genus (the type of the family Paguridae) of hermit crabs":[],
": kaburi":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-r\u0259s"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Latin, crab, from Greek pagouros , from pagos rock + -uros -urus; akin to Greek p\u0113gnynai to fix, fasten":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-162917"
},
"Paguridae":{
"type":[
"plural noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a cosmopolitan family of anomuran crustaceans that are related to the purse crabs and comprise the typical hermit crabs \u2014 compare parapaguridae":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-r\u0259\u02ccd\u0113"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Pagurus , type genus + -idae":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-213209"
},
"pagurian":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a hermit crab of the genus Pagurus":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"p\u0259\u02c8gyu\u0307r\u0113\u0259n"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin Pagurus + English -ian":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-000325"
},
"Paguma":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a genus of palm civets of southeastern Asia related to civets of the genus Paradoxurus but having the tail unmarked by rings":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"p\u0259\u02c8gy\u00fcm\u0259"
],
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"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-013854"
},
"pagrus":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a genus of sea breams of the family Sparidae":[],
": porgy sense 1a":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8p\u0101gr\u0259s"
],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"New Latin, from Latin, sea bream":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-021147"
}
}