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BARROW [3 records]

Record 1 2006-05-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Science
  • Pig Raising
DEF

A male pig castrated before reaching sexual maturity.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Zootechnie
  • Élevage des porcs
DEF

Porc castré jeune avant maturité sexuelle.

OBS

Chez les porcelets mâles, on pratique [la castration] pour éviter que la carcasse du verrat ne présente une odeur forte et caractéristique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Zootecnia
  • Cría de ganado porcino
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Record 2 2002-12-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Archaeology
DEF

A mound raised over a single or multiple burial contained in a cist, mortuary enclosure, chamber tomb.

CONT

The zone was to encompass ten other sites of archaeological interest, including the so-called heroic tombs: great tumuli heaped up in Hellenistic times - probably over the sites of archaic tombs - to please the most ardent Homer seekers. ... The tumuli were built by the ancients so that people far away could see the tombs of the supposed heroes of the Trojan War.

OBS

Plural of tumulus: tumuli.

Key term(s)
  • tumuli

French

Domaine(s)
  • Archéologie
DEF

Grand amas artificiel de terre ou de pierres que l'on élevait au-dessus d'une sépulture.

OBS

Pluriel : tumulus ou tumuli.

Key term(s)
  • tumuli

Spanish

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Record 3 1993-01-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Collection Items (Museums and Heritage)
  • Jib-Type Hoisting Apparatus

French

Domaine(s)
  • Objets de collection (Muséologie et Patrimoine)
  • Appareils de levage à bras

Spanish

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