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SHALLOW EYES [6 records]

Record 1 2017-05-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Genetics
DEF

Abnormally decreased distance between two organs or parts.

CONT

(13 Trisomy syndrome) Abnormalities found in less than 50% of patients. Eyes :Shallow supraorbital ridges, slanting palpebral fissures, absent eyebrows, hypotelorism, hypertelorism, anophthalmos.

OBS

The word seems to be used in a more general context. Indeed the word "ocular (or orbital) hypotelorism" is used to describe the abnormal decrease in the intraorbital distance, which is consistently present in trigonocephaly.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génétique
DEF

Malformation entraînant une diminution de l'espace inter-oculaire.

CONT

[...] il doit exister la longueur d'un œil entre les deux yeux. Il y a hypertélorisme ou hypotélorisme si l'écart intercaronculaire interne est supérieur ou inférieur à la normale.

OBS

Le mot se rapporte uniquement à une malformation crânio-faciale causant un rapprochement anormal des yeux.

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-11-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Vegetable Crop Production
CONT

White Potato.... Usage : Baked, fried, boiled, roasted. Especially good for potato salad. Selection : Good-quality white potatoes will be firm, smooth-skinned and brilliant-white to cream coloring. They should have few eyes, and those few eyes should be shallow.

CONT

An oval, white-skinned, white-fleshed potato grown primarily in Uttar Pradesh and used as tablestock.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Production légumière
OBS

pomme de terre à chair blanche : terme extrait du «Glossaire de l’agriculture» et reproduit avec l’autorisation de l’Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques.

Spanish

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Record 3 2016-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fish
Universal entry(ies)
DEF

A flatfish with the strong colour and eyes on the left side of the body, the length of the lower eye greater than that of the snout, and a high body ridge above the lower eye. No striking light and dark bands on the unpaired fins. [This fish is distributed] from Baja California to the Bering Sea at depths down to 167 fathoms(306m) but [it is] more common in shallow water.

OBS

A fish of the family Boteridae.

Key term(s)
  • Pacific sand dab

French

Domaine(s)
  • Poissons
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Poisson de la famille des Bothidae.

Spanish

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Record 4 2016-01-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Crustaceans
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

Fossils of these lobsters were known long before living specimens were found. The fossil species lived in shallow waters and had functional eyes. The living species are all blind and live at great depths. Their integument is soft and flexible, and the first four, and sometimes all five, pair of legs end in claws. No other decapod has more than three pairs of legs with claws. The adult deep-sea lobsters live buried in muddy bottoms where they feed mainly on dead organisms that drift down.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Crustacés
Entrée(s) universelle(s)

Spanish

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Record 5 2006-04-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Industrial Crops
CONT

Red Potato. They are medium sized with thin red skin and white flesh that has a crisp, waxy texture. They are good potatoes for boiling, steaming, and roasting. They keep their shape when cooked, which makes them a good choice for dishes that have cooked potatoes in them, such as potato salad, scalloped potatoes ...

CONT

Good-quality red potatoes will be firm, smooth-skinned and have bright-red coloring. They should have few eyes, and those few eyes should be shallow.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Culture des plantes industrielles
CONT

Les 335 hectares que possède l'entreprise sont cultivés en maïs grain, en prairies, en avoine, et bien sûr, on y cultive la pomme de terre (180 ha), notamment la pomme de terre rouge, la blanche ronde ou longue et la pomme de terre jaune.

Spanish

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Record 6 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Anatomy

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anatomie animale
OBS

EAPR, lex pdt, p. 28 RA

Spanish

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