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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

The ventral part of the shell of a tortoise or turtle.  2, record 1, 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 1, English, - plastron

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

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La carapace [d'une tortue] se divise en 2 éléments, la dossière et le plastron, reliés par les ponts.  2, record 1, French, - plastron

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Parte inferior del caparazón de los quelonios.  3, record 1, 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 1, Spanish, - peto

Record 2,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 2, 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 2, English, - Gopher%20tortoise

Record 2,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 2, 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 2, French, - goph%C3%A8re%20polyph%C3%A8me

Record 2,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 3,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 3, 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 3, 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 3, English, - piqu%C3%A9

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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 3, English, - piqu%C3%A9

Record 3,  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 3, French, - piqu%C3%A9

Record 3,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 4,  Textual support,  English

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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 4, English, - pos%C3%A9%20d%27or

Record 4,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 4, 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 4, French, - pos%C3%A9%20d%27or

Record 4,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 5,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 5, 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 5, English, - saw%20cut%20comb

Record 5,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 CONT

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 5, French, - peigne%20%C3%A0%20dents%20de%20scie

Record 5,  Textual support,  Spanish