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232 lines
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{
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"hyrax":{
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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 a family (Procaviidae) of small ungulate mammals of Africa and the Middle East characterized by thickset body with short legs and ears and rudimentary tail, feet with soft pads and broad nails, and teeth of which the molars resemble those of the rhinoceros and the incisors those of rodents":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8h\u012b-\u02ccraks"
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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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"To find out more about the evolutionary history of LIF and its duplicates, Lynch found their counterparts in the genomes of closely related species: manatees, hyraxes and extinct mammoths and mastodons. \u2014 Quanta Magazine , 7 Nov. 2017",
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"Many hyraxes have taken residence within its walls and can be seen scrambling along the ruins during the cooler parts of the day. \u2014 National Geographic , 16 Apr. 2019",
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"The largest sea lions are twice as big as the largest bears, for example, and manatees outweigh their cat-size hyrax cousins by nearly 500 kilograms. \u2014 Angus Chen, Science | AAAS , 26 Mar. 2018",
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"Besides giraffes, the African exhibit will include a lion, hyrax , wildebeest and tortoise. \u2014 The Associated Press, The Seattle Times , 29 May 2017",
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"Ilany studies the rock hyrax , an African rodent-like mammal that isn\u2019t monogamous but whose sexes look the same. \u2014 National Geographic , 20 Feb. 2016",
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"To figure out who's who around hyraxes , use your ears: Males sing to attract females, while females don't sing at all. \u2014 National Geographic , 20 Feb. 2016"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Greek hyrak-, hyrax shrew":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1832, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-161932"
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},
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"Hyrcania":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"geographical name"
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],
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"definitions":{
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"province of ancient Persia on the southeast coast of the Caspian Sea northeast of Media and northwest of Parthia":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"(\u02cc)h\u0259r-\u02c8k\u0101-n\u0113-\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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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-221102"
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},
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"Hyracotherium":{
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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 lower Eocene perissodactylous mammals about the size of a fox having four-toed forelimbs and three-toed hind limbs and regarded as among the earliest ancestors of the modern horse":[]
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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 Hyrac-, Hyrax + -o- + -therium":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-224627"
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},
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"hyracothere":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": an animal or fossil of the genus Hyracotherium":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8h\u012br\u0259\u0307k\u014d\u02ccthir"
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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 Hyracotherium":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-041933"
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},
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"Hyracoidea":{
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"type":[
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"plural noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": an order of Old World ungulate mammals that is now restricted to Africa and southwestern Asia and that comprises various extinct animals and the surviving hyraxes which find their nearest living relatives in the elephants and sirenians but in many respects resemble rabbits":[]
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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 Hyrac-, Hyrax + -oidea":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-110029"
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},
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"hyracoid":{
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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 Hyracoidea":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8h\u012br\u0259\u02cck\u022fid"
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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 Hyracoidea":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-140735"
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},
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"hyracodont":{
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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 or relating to the genus Hyracodon or family Hyracodontidae":[],
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": a mammal of the genus Hyracodon or family Hyracodontidae":[]
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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 Hyracodont-, Hyracodon":"Adjective"
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-114043"
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},
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"Hyracodon":{
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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 Hyracodontidae) of Eocene and Oligocene perissodactyls related to the rhinoceroses but hornless and of light agile build with all feet three-toed":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"h\u012b\u02c8rak\u0259\u02ccd\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, from Hyrac-, Hyrax + -odon":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-200720"
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},
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"hyraceum":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a southern African product somewhat like castoreum said to be excreted by the hyrax and formerly much used as a folk remedy and as a fixative for perfumes":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"h\u012b\u02c8r\u0101s\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 hyrac-, hyrax + -eum (as in castoreum )":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-004758"
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},
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"Hyrachyus":{
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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 Hyrachyidae) of primitive perissodactyl ungulates related to the rhinoceroses and common in the North American Eocene":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"h\u012b\u02c8rak\u0113\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 Hyrac-, Hyrax , genus of ungulates + -hyus (from Greek hy-, hys hog, swine) (female hog)":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-005344"
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},
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"hyracid":{
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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 or relating to the Procaviidae":[],
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": a member of the family Procaviidae : hyrax":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\"",
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"(\u02c8)h\u012b\u00a6ras\u0259\u0307d"
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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 Hyracidae":"Adjective"
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},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-015340"
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}
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} |