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Record 1 2022-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Feed (Agric.)
  • Birds
  • Poultry Production
CONT

Birds with thick gizzards frequently pick up grit—little stones, sand, and small shells. These items collect in the gizzard. When food and digestive juices enter the gizzard, the thick muscles and grit help pulverize the food.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Alimentation des animaux (Agric.)
  • Oiseaux
  • Élevage des volailles
DEF

[Ensemble de morceaux] de roche, de coquille d'huître ou de sable utilisé par les volailles pour les aider à broyer la nourriture ingérée.

Spanish

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Record 2 2010-06-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Grain Growing
DEF

A coarsely ground hulled grain [that is finer than groat].

CONT

Buckwheat is milled into light or dark flour or processed into groats, the meat of the seed, and grits which are essentially cracked groats.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Culture des céréales
CONT

Le sarrasin donne une farine dont la couleur varie de pâle à foncée. Il peut être transformé en gruau, la «chair» de la graine, et en grit, qui consiste essentiellement en des fragments de gruau.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cultivo de cereales
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Record 3 1981-02-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Psychology
OBS

A plan suggesting that intergroup tensions can be reduced if one side initiates a few "low-risk", friendly actions. The other side will reciprocate, and then the first side can make additional overtures for peace, starting an upward spiral of improved relations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie sociale

Spanish

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