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                    "dictionary": "Bailly",
                    "reference": "Bailly 2020 Hugo Chávez Gérard Gréco, André Charbonnet, Mark De Wilde, Bernard Maréchal & contributeurs \/ Licence Creative Commons Attribution - Pas d'Utilisation Commerciale - Pas de Modification — « CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 »",
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                    "description": "<b>εος-ους (τὸ)<\/b> <font color='purple'>[ᾰ]<\/font> poisson à peau cartilagineuse, <i>d’ord. au pl<\/i>. τὰ σελάχη, HPC. <i>478, 54, etc. ;<\/i> ARSTT. <i>H.A. 2, 13, 6, etc<\/i>. les poissons cartilagineux.<p style='color:darkgreen'>➳ <i>Gén. éol<\/i>. σελάχευς, ANTH. <i>6, 223, 3<\/i>.<\/p><p style='color:darkblue'><b>Étym<\/b>. <i>p.-ê. de<\/i> σέλας, <i>à cause des lueurs phosphorescentes que projettent ces poissons<\/i>.<\/p>"
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