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INDIAN WOLF [3 records]

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Record 1 2016-02-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fish
Universal entry(ies)
Chirocentrus dorab
Latin
DEF

The common wolf herring(Chirocentrus dorab) of the tropical Indian and Pacific oceans.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Poissons
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Chirocentrus dorab
Latin
DEF

Poisson téléostéen de l'océan Indien et de la mer de Chine, pélagique et prédateur, qui peut atteindre 3 mètres de long. (Nom scientifique Chirocentrus dorab; famille des chirocentridées).

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-10-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Indigenous Arts and Culture
CONT

The Indian art designs incorporated into their wears had as much practical application as the functionality of the items. For instance, the Lightning Snake has the head of a wolf, an animal revered for it's hunting prowess. Knowing of its skill in striking whales, a whale hunter would paint a Lightning Snake on his canoe, and then paint over the image. Although it was unseen by the whale, the power of its presence on the canoe would aid the hunter to make a strike.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Arts et culture autochtones

Spanish

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Record 3 1987-03-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mammals
DEF

A light colored wolf (canis pallipes) that is widely distributed in desert and upland areas from the northern part of the subcontinent of India westward to northern Arabia and Iran and that is often considered to constitute an Asiatic race of the common wolf of Europe.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mammifères

Spanish

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