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ENCORNET [1 record]

Record 1 2023-01-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Zoology
  • Commercial Fishing
  • Seafood and Freshwater Food (Food Industries)
Universal entry(ies)
DEF

any of a number of long, slender, fish-eating, cephalopod sea mollusks (especially genera "Loligo, Illex", and "Ommastrephes") having ten arms, two being much longer than the others ...

OBS

squid: trade name recommended by the "Comité de normalisation de la terminologie des pêches commerciales" and by Fisheries and Oceans Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Zoologie
  • Pêche commerciale
  • Produits de mer et d'eau douce (Industr. alim.)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
DEF

Mollusque céphalopode à nageoires triangulaires dont la coquille interne est une pièce cornée appelée «plume». [...] on l'appelle aussi encornet.

OBS

calmar et encornet : noms français commerciaux normalisés par le Comité de normalisation de la terminologie des pêches commerciales, l'OLF et le BNQ.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Zoología
  • Pesca comercial
  • Productos del mar y de agua dulce (Ind. alimentaria)
Entrada(s) universal(es)
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