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HEART-SHAPED FACE [2 records]

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Record 1 2026-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Birds
Universal entry(ies)
Tyto alba
Latin
OBS

A bird of the family Tytonidae.

DEF

A medium-sized, slender-bodied, pale, generally buffy owl with long heart-shaped face, black eyes, no ear tufts, and no stripes or bars on the finely spotted under parts.

OBS

According to some authors, all elements of names of bird species require capital letters except for hyphenated adjectives where the second word is not capitalized, for example, Black-crowned Night Heron.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Oiseaux
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Tyto alba
Latin
OBS

Oiseau de la famille des Tytonidae.

OBS

effraie des clochers : nom français uniformisé par la Commission internationale des noms français des oiseaux.

OBS

Selon certains auteurs, les noms des espèces d'oiseaux acquièrent une valeur de nom propre; tous les substantifs génériques de même que tous les qualificatifs spécifiques qui précèdent le substantif générique doivent prendre la majuscule, par exemple : Pétrel minime, Petit Butor.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Aves
Entrada(s) universal(es)
Tyto alba
Latin
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Record 2 2018-05-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hair Styling
OBS

heart-shaped face : term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee(New Brunswick).

Key term(s)
  • heartshaped face
  • heart shape face

French

Domaine(s)
  • Coiffure
OBS

visage en cœur; visage cordiforme : termes uniformisés par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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