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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  main entry word \main entry word\ n.
     The form of a word that heads a lexical entry and is
     alphabetized in a dictionary; also called entry word,
     headword, and lemma.
  
     Syn: citation form, entry word, headword, lemma.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     Note: In different languages, different wordforms, such as
           cases for verbs, may be taken as the main entry word.
           In English dictionaries, it is the infinitive form, but
           in latin dictionaries it is usually the first person
           singular present.
           [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  entry word
       n : the form of a word that heads a lexical entry and is
           alphabetized in a dictionary [syn: citation form, main
           entry word]

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  entry word /ˈɛntɹi wˈɜːd/
  Ordnungswort 
     Synonym: heading word
  
   see: entry words, heading words
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  entry word /ˈɛntɹi wˈɜːd/
  Erstes Ordnungswort 

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 开头词

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