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WHITE WING [2 records]

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Record 1 2025-10-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Birds
Universal entry(ies)
Melanitta deglandi
Latin
OBS

A bird of the family Anatidae.

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.

Key term(s)
  • white winged scoter
  • whitewinged scoter
  • white-wing scoter
  • white wing scoter
  • whitewing scoter

French

Domaine(s)
  • Oiseaux
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Melanitta deglandi
Latin
OBS

Oiseau de la famille des Anatidae.

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

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Record 2 2021-01-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seafood and Freshwater Food (Food Industries)
  • Commercial Fishing
CONT

Salted cod can be found with white wing or black wing. ... Cod fish have a thin black internal skin which is called peritoneum. The ... removal of the peritoneum [during the splitting procedure] makes the fish a white wing salted fish.

OBS

white wing; white nape: designations usually used in the plural.

Key term(s)
  • white wings
  • white napes

French

Domaine(s)
  • Produits de mer et d'eau douce (Industr. alim.)
  • Pêche commerciale
CONT

[La morue] est ouverte «en papillon» pour être ensuite salée, affinée et séchée. Ce type de morue salée est produit presque exclusivement en Norvège. La morue salée séchée peut être [des] «ailes blanches» ou [des] «ailes noires» en fonction si l'on retire ou non la membrane noire qui lui entoure l'estomac.

OBS

aile blanche; oreille blanche : désignations habituellement utilisées au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • ailes blanches
  • oreilles blanches

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Productos del mar y de agua dulce (Ind. alimentaria)
  • Pesca comercial
OBS

Categoría de calidad del bacalao.

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