| jaguarondi | (noun) long-bodied long-tailed tropical American wildcat | Synonyms: eyra, Felis yagouaroundi, jaguarundi, jaguarundi cat |
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| jaguarundi | (noun) long-bodied long-tailed tropical American wildcat | Synonyms: eyra, Felis yagouaroundi, jaguarondi, jaguarundi cat |
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| jati | (noun) (Hinduism) a Hindu caste or distinctive social group of which there are thousands throughout India; a special characteristic is often the exclusive occupation of its male members (such as barber or potter) | - |
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| jinni | (noun) (Islam) an invisible spirit mentioned in the Koran and believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals | Synonyms: djinn, djinni, djinny, genie, jinnee |
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| jiqui | (noun) Cuban timber tree with hard wood very resistant to moisture | Synonyms: Malpighia obovata |
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| jupati | (noun) a tall Brazilian feather palm with a terminal crown of very large leathery pinnatisect leaves rising from long strong stems used for structural purposes | Synonyms: jupati palm, jupaty, Raffia taedigera |
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| kaki | (noun) blackish stilt of New Zealand sometimes considered a color phase of the white-headed stilt | Synonyms: Himantopus novae-zelandiae |
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| (noun) small deciduous Asiatic tree bearing large red or orange edible astringent fruit | Synonyms: Diospyros kaki, Japanese persimmon |
| kali | (noun) bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash | Synonyms: barilla, glasswort, kelpwort, Salsola kali, Salsola soda, saltwort |
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| kauri | (noun) tall timber tree of New Zealand having white straight-grained wood | Synonyms: Agathis australis, kaury |
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| (noun) white close-grained wood of a tree of the genus Agathis especially Agathis australis | - |
| (noun) resin of the kauri trees of New Zealand; found usually as a fossil; also collected for making varnishes and linoleum | Synonyms: kauri copal, kauri gum, kauri resin |
| kepi | (noun) a cap with a flat circular top and a visor | Synonyms: peaked cap, service cap, yachting cap |
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| khadi | (noun) a coarse homespun cotton cloth made in India | Synonyms: khaddar |
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| khaki | (noun) a sturdy twilled cloth of a yellowish brown color used especially for military uniforms | - |
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| khesari | (noun) European annual grown for forage; seeds used for food in India and for stock elsewhere | Synonyms: grass pea, Indian pea, Lathyrus sativus |
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| khi | (noun) the 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet | Synonyms: chi |
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| khukuri | (noun) a curved steel knife with a razor-sharp edge used in combat by the Gurkhas; has cultural and religious significance in Nepal | - |
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| ki | (noun) the circulating life energy that in Chinese philosophy is thought to be inherent in all things; in traditional Chinese medicine the balance of negative and positive forms in the body is believed to be essential for good health | Synonyms: ch'i, chi, qi |
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| kiwi | (noun) nocturnal flightless bird of New Zealand having a long neck and stout legs; only surviving representative of the order Apterygiformes | Synonyms: apteryx |
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| (noun) fuzzy brown egg-shaped fruit with slightly tart green flesh | Synonyms: Chinese gooseberry, kiwi fruit |
| (noun) climbing vine native to China; cultivated in New Zealand for its fuzzy edible fruit with green meat | Synonyms: Actinidia chinensis, Actinidia deliciosa, Chinese gooseberry, kiwi vine |
| kohlrabi | (noun) fleshy turnip-shaped edible stem of the kohlrabi plant | Synonyms: turnip cabbage |
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| (noun) plant cultivated for its enlarged fleshy turnip-shaped edible stem | Synonyms: Brassica oleracea gongylodes |
| konini | (noun) erect deciduous shrub or tree to 10 feet with maroon flowers; New Zealand | Synonyms: Fuchsia excorticata, native fuchsia, tree fuchsia |
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| kowhai | (noun) shrub or small tree of New Zealand and Chile having pendulous racemes of tubular golden-yellow flowers; yields a hard strong wood | Synonyms: Sophora tetraptera |
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| krubi | (noun) malodorous tropical plant having a spathe that resembles the corolla of a morning glory and attains a diameter of several feet | Synonyms: Amorphophallus titanum, titan arum |
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| kurchi | (noun) tropical Asian tree with hard white wood and bark formerly used as a remedy for dysentery and diarrhea | Synonyms: conessi, Holarrhena antidysenterica, Holarrhena pubescens, ivory tree, kurchee |
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| kwai | (noun) the basic unit of money in China | Synonyms: yuan |
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| lanai | (noun) a veranda or roofed patio often furnished and used as a living room | - |
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| lari | (noun) the basic unit of money in Georgia | - |
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| lathi | (noun) club consisting of a heavy stick (often bamboo) bound with iron; used by police in India | Synonyms: lathee |
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| lazuli | (noun) an azure blue semiprecious stone | Synonyms: lapis lazuli |
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| lei | (noun) flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes | Synonyms: chaplet, coronal, garland, wreath |
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| li | (noun) Chinese distance measure; approximately 0.5 kilometers | - |
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| lichi | (noun) Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed; often dried | Synonyms: leechee, lichee, litchee, litchi, litchi nut, lychee |
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| lilangeni | (noun) the basic unit of money in Swaziland; equal to 100 cents | - |
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| linguini | (noun) pasta in long slender flat strips | Synonyms: linguine |
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| litchi | (noun) Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed; often dried | Synonyms: leechee, lichee, lichi, litchee, litchi nut, lychee |
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| (noun) Chinese tree cultivated especially in Philippines and India for its edible fruit; sometimes placed in genus Nephelium | Synonyms: lichee, Litchi chinensis, litchi tree, Nephelium litchi |
| literati | (noun) the literary intelligentsia | - |
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| longyi | (noun) a long piece of brightly colored cloth (cotton or silk) used as clothing (a skirt or loincloth or sash etc.) in India and Pakistan and Burma | Synonyms: lungi, lungyi |
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| loti | (noun) the basic unit of money in Lesotho | - |
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| lungi | (noun) a long piece of brightly colored cloth (cotton or silk) used as clothing (a skirt or loincloth or sash etc.) in India and Pakistan and Burma | Synonyms: longyi, lungyi |
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| lungyi | (noun) a long piece of brightly colored cloth (cotton or silk) used as clothing (a skirt or loincloth or sash etc.) in India and Pakistan and Burma | Synonyms: longyi, lungi |
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| lwei | (noun) 100 lwei equal 1 kwanza in Angola until 1990 | - |
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| macaroni | (noun) pasta in the form of slender tubes | - |
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| (noun) a British dandy in the 18th century who affected Continental mannerisms | - |
| maharani | (noun) a great rani; a princess in India or the wife of a maharaja | Synonyms: maharanee |
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| mahimahi | (noun) large slender food and game fish widely distributed in warm seas (especially around Hawaii) | Synonyms: dolphin, dolphinfish |
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| (noun) the lean flesh of a saltwater fish found in warm waters (especially in Hawaii) | Synonyms: dolphinfish |
| makagigi | (noun) cookies made with poppy seeds and honey; traditional Polish Christmas sweet treats. | - |
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| malahini | (noun) a newcomer to Hawaii | - |
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| manicotti | (noun) large pasta tubes stuffed with chopped meat or mild cheese and baked in tomato sauce | - |
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| mapinguari | (noun) supposed human-sized sloth-like creature reportedly sighted by Indians in the Amazon rain forest | - |
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| mariachi | (noun) a group of street musicians in Mexico | - |
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| marri | (noun) very large red gum tree | Synonyms: Eucalyptus calophylla, red gum |
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| martini | (noun) a cocktail made of gin (or vodka) with dry vermouth | - |
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| marumi | (noun) shrub bearing round-fruited kumquats | Synonyms: Fortunella japonica, marumi kumquat, round kumquat |
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| matai | (noun) conifer of Australia and New Zealand | Synonyms: black pine, Podocarpus spicata, Prumnopitys taxifolia |
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| maxi | (noun) a long skirt ending below the calf | - |
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| mei | (noun) Japanese ornamental tree with fragrant white or pink blossoms and small yellow fruits | Synonyms: Japanese apricot, Prunus mume |
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| mi | (noun) the syllable naming the third (mediant) note of any major scale in solmization | - |
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| (noun) a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters | Synonyms: international mile, land mile, mile, stat mi, statute mile |
| (noun) a unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude | Synonyms: air mile, international nautical mile, mile, naut mi, nautical mile |
| (noun) a former British unit of length equivalent to 6,080 feet (1,853.184 meters); 800 feet longer than a statute mile | Synonyms: Admiralty mile, geographical mile, mile, naut mi, nautical mile |
| mini | (noun) a very short skirt | Synonyms: miniskirt |
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| morbilli | (noun) an acute and highly contagious viral disease marked by distinct red spots followed by a rash; occurs primarily in children | Synonyms: measles, rubeola |
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| mostaccioli | (noun) pasta somewhat resembling little moustaches | - |
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| muesli | (noun) mixture of untoasted dry cereals and fruits | - |
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| mufti | (noun) civilian dress worn by a person who is entitled to wear a military uniform | - |
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| (noun) a jurist who interprets Muslim religious law | - |
| nagami | (noun) shrub bearing oval-fruited kumquats | Synonyms: Fortunella margarita, nagami kumquat, oval kumquat |
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| nagi | (noun) medium-sized tree having glossy lanceolate leaves; southern China to Taiwan and southern Japan | Synonyms: Nageia nagi |
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| nazi | (noun) derogatory term for a person who is fanatically dedicated to, or seeks to control, some activity, practice, etc. | - |
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| nilgai | (noun) large Indian antelope; male is blue-grey with white markings; female is brownish with no horns | Synonyms: blue bull, Boselaphus tragocamelus, nylghai, nylghau |
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| niqaabi | (noun) an observant Muslim woman who covers her face and hands when in public or in the presence of any man outside her immediate family | - |
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| nylghai | (noun) large Indian antelope; male is blue-grey with white markings; female is brownish with no horns | Synonyms: blue bull, Boselaphus tragocamelus, nilgai, nylghau |
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| obechi | (noun) large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds; yields soft white to pale yellow wood | Synonyms: arere, obeche, samba, Triplochiton scleroxcylon |
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| obi | (noun) a religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery; practiced in parts of the West Indies and tropical Americas | Synonyms: obeah |
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| (noun) (West Indies) followers of a religious system involving witchcraft and sorcery | Synonyms: obeah |
| octroi | (noun) a tax on various goods brought into a town | - |
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| okapi | (noun) similar to the giraffe but smaller with much shorter neck and stripe on the legs | Synonyms: Okapia johnstoni |
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| origami | (noun) the Japanese art of folding paper into shapes representing objects (e.g., flowers or birds) | - |
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| pachisi | (noun) an ancient board game resembling backgammon; played on a cross-shaped board | Synonyms: parchesi, parchisi |
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| pachouli | (noun) a heavy perfume made from the patchouli plant | Synonyms: patchouli, patchouly |
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| (noun) small East Indian shrubby mint; fragrant oil from its leaves is used in perfumes | Synonyms: patchouli, patchouly, Pogostemon cablin |
| paczki | (noun) A traditional Polish doughnut. | - |
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| pakchoi | (noun) Asiatic plant grown for its cluster of edible white stalks with dark green leaves | Synonyms: bok choi, bok choy, Brassica rapa chinensis, Chinese white cabbage, pak choi |
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| parchesi | (noun) an ancient board game resembling backgammon; played on a cross-shaped board | Synonyms: pachisi, parchisi |
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| parchisi | (noun) an ancient board game resembling backgammon; played on a cross-shaped board | Synonyms: pachisi, parchesi |
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| pastrami | (noun) highly seasoned cut of smoked beef | - |
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| patchouli | (noun) a heavy perfume made from the patchouli plant | Synonyms: pachouli, patchouly |
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| (noun) small East Indian shrubby mint; fragrant oil from its leaves is used in perfumes | Synonyms: pachouli, patchouly, Pogostemon cablin |
| penni | (noun) 100 pennia formerly equaled 1 markka in Finland | - |
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| pepperoni | (noun) a pork and beef sausage (or a thin slice of this sausage) | - |
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| peri | (noun) a beautiful and graceful girl | - |
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| (noun) (Persian folklore) a supernatural being descended from fallen angels and excluded from paradise until penance is done | - |
| phi | (noun) the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet | - |
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| pi | (noun) the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet | - |
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| (noun) the ratio of the circumference to the diameter of a circle; approximately equal to 3.14159265358979323846... | - |
| piccalilli | (noun) relish of chopped pickled cucumbers and green peppers and onion | - |
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| pichi | (noun) Peruvian shrub with small pink to lavender tubular flowers; leaves yield a tonic and diuretic | Synonyms: Fabiana imbricata |
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| pirogi | (noun) small fruit or meat turnover baked or fried | Synonyms: piroshki, pirozhki |
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| piroshki | (noun) small fruit or meat turnover baked or fried | Synonyms: pirogi, pirozhki |
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| pirozhki | (noun) small fruit or meat turnover baked or fried | Synonyms: pirogi, piroshki |
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| poi | (noun) Hawaiian dish of taro root pounded to a paste and often allowed to ferment | - |
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| potpourri | (noun) a jar of mixed flower petals and spices used as perfume | - |
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| (noun) a musical composition consisting of a series of songs or other musical pieces from various sources | Synonyms: medley, pastiche |
| (noun) a collection containing a variety of sorts of things | Synonyms: assortment, miscellanea, miscellany, mixed bag, mixture, motley, salmagundi, smorgasbord, variety |
| psi | (noun) the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet | - |
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| (noun) a unit of pressure | Synonyms: pounds per square inch |
| qadi | (noun) an Islamic judge | - |
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| qi | (noun) the circulating life energy that in Chinese philosophy is thought to be inherent in all things; in traditional Chinese medicine the balance of negative and positive forms in the body is believed to be essential for good health | Synonyms: ch'i, chi, ki |
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| rabbi | (noun) spiritual leader of a Jewish congregation; qualified to expound and apply Jewish law | - |
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| ragi | (noun) East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient | Synonyms: African millet, coracan, corakan, Eleusine coracana, finger millet, kurakkan, ragee |
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| ramontchi | (noun) small shrubby tree of Madagascar cultivated in tropical regions as a hedge plant and for its deep red acid fruits resembling small plums | Synonyms: batoko palm, Flacourtia indica, governor's plum, governor plum, Madagascar plum |
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| rani | (noun) (the feminine of raja) a Hindu princess or the wife of a raja | Synonyms: ranee |
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| ravioli | (noun) small circular or square cases of dough with savory fillings | Synonyms: cappelletti |
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| rbi | (noun) a run that is the result of the batter's performance | Synonyms: run batted in |
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| rigatoni | (noun) tubular pasta in short ribbed pieces | - |
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