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Record 1 2023-01-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
  • Commercial Fishing
  • Seafood and Freshwater Food (Food Industries)
Universal entry(ies)
Patella sp.
Latin
DEF

Any of several varieties of mostly ... gastropod mollusks with a single, low, cone-shaped shell and a thick, fleshy foot, by means of which it clings to rocks, timbers.

OBS

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

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
  • Pêche commerciale
  • Produits de mer et d'eau douce (Industr. alim.)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Patella sp.
Latin
DEF

Mollusque à coquille conique qui vit fixé aux rochers.

OBS

patelle : nom commercial normalisé par l'OLF et le Comité de normalisation de la terminologie des pêches commerciales.

OBS

bernique; bernicle; chapeau chinois : appellations à proscrire en français commercial.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Moluscos, equinodermos y procordados
  • Pesca comercial
  • Productos del mar y de agua dulce (Ind. alimentaria)
Entrada(s) universal(es)
Patella sp.
Latin
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Record 2 2022-08-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sea Operations (Military)
  • Counter-Measures (Military operations)
CONT

The emphasis on aircraft carriers, what the U.S. [United States] Navy called anti-carrier warfare, led to the Soviet Navy fielding a formidable force of guided-missile cruisers and battlecruisers.

OBS

anti-carrier warfare; ACW: designations standardized by NATO.

Key term(s)
  • anticarrier warfare

French

Domaine(s)
  • Opérations en mer (Militaire)
  • Contre-mesures (Opérations militaires)
CONT

[...] un missile de grande taille essentiellement destiné à la lutte anti-porte-avions.

OBS

lutte anti-porte-avions; LAPA : désignations normalisées par l'OTAN.

Spanish

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Record 3 1998-07-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Regional and Municipal Gov. Bodies and Committees

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités de gouv. régionaux ou municipaux

Spanish

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Record 4 1995-11-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Non-Canadian)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux non canadiens

Spanish

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