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steel-jawed leg hold trap [1 record]

Record 1 1983-09-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hunting and Sport Fishing
DEF

(...) spring-activated steel device where depression of a pan trigger allows two metal jaws to close upon the leg or foot of the animal for the purpose of restraining it.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chasse et pêche sportive
CONT

Les [pièges] les plus courants (...) sont les pièges à palette, avec ou sans appât, à puissant ressort agissant sur deux mâchoires dentées qui prennent l'animal par n'importe quelle partie de son anatomie, une patte ou les deux le plus souvent.

Spanish

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