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Record 2,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

The ventral part of the shell of a tortoise or turtle.  2, record 2, English, - plastron

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The turtle shell has a top (carapace) and a bottom (plastron). The carapace and plastron are bony structures that usually join one another along each side of the body, creating a rigid skeletal box.  3, record 2, English, - plastron

Record 2,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT

La carapace [d'une tortue] se divise en 2 éléments, la dossière et le plastron, reliés par les ponts.  2, record 2, French, - plastron

Record 2,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Parte inferior del caparazón de los quelonios.  3, record 2, Spanish, - peto

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El caparazón es la parte más distintiva de una tortuga y constituye una placa única que protege a estos reptiles de sus depredadores. [...] La parte dorsal del caparazón es conocida como espaldar, mientras que la ventral se denomina peto.  4, record 2, Spanish, - peto

Record 3,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS

A threatened species of tortoise found in dry areas and scrub forest in India and Sri Lanka.  2, record 3, English, - Indian%20star%20tortoise

Record 3,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT

La tortue étoilée d'Inde, ou Geochelone elegans, est originaire d'Inde, du Pakistan et du Sri Lanka. [...] Il s'agit d'un reptile terrestre dont la taille est d'environ trente centimètres.  2, record 3, French, - tortue%20%C3%A9toil%C3%A9e%20d%27Inde

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Son nom de tortue étoilée lui vient du motif en étoiles qui apparaît sur la carapace. Cette carapace est de couleur brun foncé ou noire, avec du brun clair et des rayures jaunes partant du centre pour aller sur les côtés et former une étoile.  2, record 3, French, - tortue%20%C3%A9toil%C3%A9e%20d%27Inde

Record 3,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 4,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Regulated animal : Under the Health of Animals Regulations, section 10, is a hatching egg, turtle, tortoise, bird, honeybee, or mammal. Species excluded from the definition of regulated animals are members of the orders Cetacea, Pinnipedia and Sirenia; or members of the order Rodentia, with the exception of the following : Prairie dogs(Cynomys sp.) ;African giant pouched rats(Cricetomys gambianus) ;and squirrels of the family Sciuridae, from any country; and any members of the order Rodentia from Africa. These latter, members of the order Rodentia, are fully regulated under the Health of Animals Regulations.  2, record 4, English, - regulated%20animal

Record 4,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Animal réglementé : Inclus un œuf d'incubation, une tortue terrestre ou aquatique, un oiseau, une abeille domestique ou tout mammifère. Les espèces exclues de la définition d'animal réglementé sont les membres de l'ordre Cetacea, Pinnipedia et Sirenia et les membres de l'ordre Rodentia à l'exception des espèces suivantes: Des chiens de prairie (espèces Cynomys), des rats géants d'Afrique (Cricetomys gambianus) et des écureuils de la famille Sciuridae (de n'importe quel pays), ainsi que tous les membres de l'ordre Rodentia d'Afrique, qui sont d'ailleurs tous réglementés en vertu du Règlement sur la santé des animaux.  2, record 4, French, - animal%20r%C3%A9glement%C3%A9

Record 4,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 5,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 OBS

clouded tortoise beetle; beet tortoise beetle; Cassida nebulosa : terms extracted from the “Glossaire de l'agriculture” and reproduced with permission of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.  2, record 5, English, - clouded%20tortoise%20beetle

Record 5,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 OBS

casside nébuleuse; Cassida nebulosa : termes extraits du «Glossaire de l’agriculture» et reproduits avec l’autorisation de l’Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques.  2, record 5, French, - casside%20n%C3%A9buleuse

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Record 6,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 CONT

These actions are necessary because these tortoises, which are regularly imported into the United States... have been found to harbor the tropical bont tick(Amblyomma variegatum), the African tortoise tick(Amblyomma marmoreum), and ticks of the species Amblyomma sparsum. All of these exotic ticks are known to be vectors of heartwater disease. Heartwater disease is an acute infectious disease of ruminants, including cattle, sheep, goats, white-tailed deer and antelope.  2, record 6, English, - African%20tortoise%20tick

Record 6,  Textual support,  French

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La découverte de l'introduction, en Floride, de tiques de l'espèce Amblyomma marmoreum, à la faveur de l'importation de tortues provenant des Îles Seychelles, a provoqué une grande émotion. En effet, cette tique est supposée être le réservoir de la cowdriose, une maladie exotique, inconnue aux États-Unis d'Amérique, mais introduite dans les Caraïbes.  2, record 6, French, - Amblyomma%20marmoreum

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 OBS

En français, on utilise seulement la forme latine.  3, record 6, French, - Amblyomma%20marmoreum

Record 6,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 7,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A burrowing land tortoise of the coastal region of the southern U. S. whose shell attains the length of a foot or more and whose eggs and flesh are used as food.  2, record 7, English, - Gopher%20tortoise

Record 7,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 OBS

gopher : Emprunté à l'anglais d'Amérique gopher, nom de divers animaux fouisseurs : genre de tortue terrestre du sud des États-Unis.  2, record 7, French, - goph%C3%A8re%20polyph%C3%A8me

Record 7,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 8,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Kind of ornamental work on shagreen or tortoise shell covered cases of antique watches, etc., consisting of small gold or silver rivets set in designs, rivets heads showing on the outside of the case-covering.  2, record 8, English, - piqu%C3%A9

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(The posé d’or) was often... enhanced by piqué d’or which is the term given to the decoration consisting of tiny gold nails or minute studs driven into the tortoise shell and set closely together.  1, record 8, English, - piqu%C3%A9

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 OBS

When the gold nails were of a slightly larger diameter and were used to give a more bold emphasis to the design the work was called clouté d’or.  1, record 8, English, - piqu%C3%A9

Record 8,  Textual support,  French

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Le «piqué» (est) l'œuvre des tabletiers qui ont imaginé de façonner quantité de petits objets en écaille et de les orner de motifs en métal, principalement en or.  1, record 8, French, - piqu%C3%A9

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Record 9,  Textual support,  English

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Each of the original sub-groups may be confronted with the others and a dialogue instituted between their spokesmen... in constant consultation with the other members. Each spokesman may be backed by a member of his sub-group. This arrangement is known as "the tortoise".  1, record 9, English, - tortoise%20arrangement

Record 9,  Textual support,  French

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Dispositif de la tortue. On peut installer chacun des sous-groupes initiaux, regroupé, en face des autres. Un dialogue s'ouvre entre porte-parole de sous-groupes (un ou deux par sous-groupe), qui consultent à tout moment les autres membres. Et chaque porte-parole peut être relayé par un membre de son sous-groupe. C'est le dispositif dit de «la tortue».  1, record 9, French, - dispositif%20de%20la%20tortue

Record 9,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 10,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 OBS

The terms turtle, terrapin and tortoise are confusingly applied, generally without regard to family classification. An attempt was once made to restrict the term terrapin to freshwater, especially edible, species, tortoise to the strictly terrestrial forms and turtle to marine species, but this arrangement is rarely followed. Turtle is usually used as an inclusive term for any representative of the order.  2, record 10, English, - terrapin

Record 10,  Textual support,  French

Record 10,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 11,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 11, Textual support number: 1 OBS

On the eve of the 21st century, this film of the National Film Board of Canada offers fascinating alternatives to conventional thinking. Scientists, students and artists come together to express their faith in a holistic universe, linking global survival to global solidarity. Between interviews, a charismatic tortoise, whose observations pepper the video with wit and wisdom, acts as the watchguard and conscience of the Earth.  1, record 11, English, - End%20of%20a%20Millennium

Record number: 11, Textual support number: 2 OBS

Information confirmed with the National Film Board of Canada.  2, record 11, English, - End%20of%20a%20Millennium

Record 11,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 11, Textual support number: 1 OBS

En cette fin de millénaire, plusieurs grands courants de pensée privilégient une vision holistique de l'univers. Des hommes et des femmes parlant le langage de la science, de la psychologie ou de l'écologie, de la jeunesse, de l'appartenance à la terre ou de l'expérience spirituelle, témoignent dans ce film de l'Office national du film du Canada de cet indéniable espoir de réconciliation entre l'esprit et la matière, et d'un même sentiment de faire partie d'un grand tout.  1, record 11, French, - Fin%20de%20mill%C3%A9naire

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Renseignement vérifié auprès de l'Office national du film du Canada.  2, record 11, French, - Fin%20de%20mill%C3%A9naire

Record 11,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 12,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 12, Textual support number: 1 DEF

The art of inlaying in a ground of tortoise shell elaborately chased gold designs representing baldachims, arabesques silhouettes of figure and other similar objects.  1, record 12, English, - pos%C3%A9%20d%27or

Record 12,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 12, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Procédé consistant à incruster sur une base d'écaille ramollie, à l'aide d'instruments chauffés, des motifs représentant des arabesques ou autres objets similaires.  2, record 12, French, - pos%C3%A9%20d%27or

Record 12,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 13,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 13, Textual support number: 1 CONT

The best type of comb is saw cut. Each individual tooth is cut into the comb, leaving no rough or sharp edges. Saw cut combs can be made of plastic, but the best type is made of vulcanite(hard rubber), or, if you can afford it, horn, ivory, or tortoise shell.  1, record 13, English, - saw%20cut%20comb

Record 13,  Textual support,  French

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Le meilleur peigne est à dents de scie, puisque chacune des dents est alors taillée à même le peigne. Les peignes à dents de scie sont généralement faits de plastique; ceux en vulcanite (caoutchouc dur) leur sont supérieurs; encore meilleurs sont ceux en corne, en ivoire ou en écaille de tortue si, bien sûr, vous pouvez vous les offrir (...)  1, record 13, French, - peigne%20%C3%A0%20dents%20de%20scie

Record 13,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 14,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 14, Textual support number: 1 OBS

the preparatory flaking is directed from the periphery of the core towards the center with one face plane and the other domed like a tortoise.  1, record 14, English, - Levalloisian%20tortoise%2Dcore

Record 14,  Textual support,  French

Record 14,  Textual support,  Spanish