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GUILD [3 records]

Record 1 2008-09-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecology (General)
DEF

A group of species which have similar roles in the same community.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écologie (Généralités)
CONT

Les espèces d'une guilde peuvent ne pas avoir d'affinités taxonomiques mais leurs niches écologiques se superposent toujours plus ou moins [...]. Les espèces d'une guilde montrent souvent des coadaptations étroites.

PHR

Guilde d'oiseaux, de poissons.

Spanish

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Record 2 2005-11-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations and Associations (Admin.)
DEF

An association of persons of the same trade or pursuits, formed to protect mutual interests and maintain standards.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et associations (Admin.)
DEF

Association destinée à procurer à ses adhérents des conditions commerciales particulières.

OBS

guilde : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Spanish

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Record 3 1995-11-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Organization
CONT

Homer, whether he was a single poet or a guild of wandering bards, probably never wrote a word; the Iliad and the Odyssey were almost certainly composed and performed orally - the poems were probably not set down in Homer's lifetime ....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation sociale

Spanish

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