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ANIMAL GAME [6 records]

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Record 1 2025-01-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Games of Chance
  • Indigenous Arts and Culture
CONT

Lahal is a guessing game or game of chance that involves two teams seated across from one another. Lahal is also called the bone game because the game pieces that are hidden in the player's hands were traditionally made from small animal bones that were carved or marked in some way.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Jeux de hasard
  • Arts et culture autochtones
OBS

Jeu de hasard traditionnel autochtone.

Spanish

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Record 2 2015-08-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meats and Meat Industries
OBS

Game animal means a wild animal, including an animal living in an enclosed territory under conditions of freedom similar to those of wild animals.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Salaison, boucherie et charcuterie
OBS

Gibier désigne un animal sauvage, y compris un animal vivant dans un territoire clos et dont les conditions de liberté sont semblables à celles des animaux sauvages.

Spanish

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Record 3 2012-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hunting and Sport Fishing
  • Zoology
DEF

Wild animal or bird species that can be pursued and killed by hunters according to the law.

CONT

Nova Scotia’s Game Sanctuaries are "established to allow the increase of game species and provide a reserve of game for surrounding forest".

OBS

quarry : An animal, bird, or fish sought by a hunter or fisherman; the object of the chase :[synonym :] game.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chasse et pêche sportive
  • Zoologie
DEF

espèces chassables : Espèces d'animaux-gibiers dont la chasse est autorisée.

CONT

Les espèces chassables sont réparties en 5 catégories : le petit gibier (lapin de garenne, lièvre, perdrix grise ou rouge, faisans de chasse, colins, gélinotte); le grand gibier (cerf, chevreuil, daim, sanglier); le gibier d'eau ou sauvagine (une soixantaine d'espèces migratrices); le gibier de montagne (chamois, mouflon, lièvre variable, marmotte, grand tétras, tétras-lyre, bartavelle, lagopède); les nuisibles (une douzaine de mammifères et sept oiseaux).

OBS

gibier : Ensemble des animaux bons à manger que l'on peut chasser. [P. ex. :] «Pays qui abonde en gibier. Peupler un pays de gibier. Quel gibier chasse-t-on dans ces parages?» [...] Employé normalement comme collectif, le substantif gibier peut servir à désigner un ou plusieurs animaux plus ou moins déterminés; mais l'emploi «comptable» un gibier, des gibiers est exceptionnel.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Caza y pesca deportiva
  • Zoología
DEF

Especie animal cuya caza está permitida, aunque sujeta a normas de regulación, ya sean generales, temporales o concretas para una determinada especie.

CONT

Hoy día las especies cinegéticas son definidas como aquéllas que pueden ser objeto de caza y pesca, e intervienen decisivamente en su identificación razones de mantenimiento del equilibrio y de la salud de los ecosistemas.

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Record 4 2011-06-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trade Names
  • Games and Toys (General)
OBS

A trademark of Ravensburger (W. Germany).

OBS

Description :Game in which 2-6 players go on safari to find animals of endangered species. Consists of gameboard, 72 animal cards and various accessories. Detailed booklet tells stories of animals in game.

Key term(s)
  • Grand safari

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations commerciales
  • Jeux et jouets (Généralités)
OBS

Grand safariMC : Marque de commerce de Ravensburger, R.F.A.

OBS

Description : Jeu de société pour 2 à 6 joueurs dont le but consiste à participer à des expéditions pour retrouver des animaux en voie de disparition. Comprend un plateau de jeu, 72 cartes d'animaux et différents accessoires. Un livret détaillé relate l'histoire des animaux présentés.

Spanish

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Record 5 2009-08-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hunting and Sport Fishing
  • Zoology
  • Food Industries
DEF

Animals under pursuit or taken in hunting; especially: wild animals hunted for sport or food.

CONT

Game animals.... A term applied to wild animals that are deemed suitable for human consumption. Some species are now domesticated and because their diets and activity levels are changed, their meat has a different flavor than that of field animals. Game animals are categorized as large game and small game. The most common large game meat is venison, which, though commonly thought of as deer, is a term that broadly includes the meat from elk, moose, reindeer, caribou and antelope. Other popular large game animals include buffalo, wild boar and, to a lesser degree, bear... The most common small game animal is rabbit. Squirrel is also quite popular, followed distantly by beaver, muskrat, opossum, raccoon, armadillo and even porcupine.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chasse et pêche sportive
  • Zoologie
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
DEF

[Ensemble] des animaux sauvages que l'on chasse, notamment pour en consommer la viande.

CONT

On distingue : le gibier à plumes, c'est-à-dire les oiseaux (canards sauvages, faisans, tourterelle, perdrix...); le gibier à poils, c'est-à-dire les mammifères (lapin de garenne, lièvre, sanglier, chevreuil, biche, daim...).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Caza y pesca deportiva
  • Zoología
  • Industria alimentaria
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Record 6 1988-03-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aquaculture
OBS

brood stock : a small population of any animal maintained as a source of population replacement or for the establishment of new populations(as of game birds) in suitable habitats.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aquaculture
OBS

géniteur : animal reproducteur

Spanish

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