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TROCHUS [2 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2022-07-18
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
Universal entry(ies) Record 1
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- wheeled black fly
1, record 1, English, wheeled%20black%20fly
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
An insect (order Diptera) of the family Simuliidae. 2, record 1, English, - wheeled%20black%20fly
Record 1, Key term(s)
- wheeled blackfly
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
Entrée(s) universelle(s) Record 1
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- simulie à grande roue
1, record 1, French, simulie%20%C3%A0%20grande%20roue
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Insecte (ordre des diptères) de la famille des Simuliidae. 2, record 1, French, - simulie%20%C3%A0%20grande%20roue
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record 2 - internal organization data 1991-06-17
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- trochus
1, record 2, English, trochus
correct
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A genus of chiefly old world tropical marine gastropods with beautifully nacreous bluntly conical shells including a large Indo-Pacific species extensively used in making buttons and ornamental objects 1, record 2, English, - trochus
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Family Trochidae 1, record 2, English, - trochus
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- trochus
1, record 2, French, trochus
masculine noun
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
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