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Record 1 2016-05-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mammals
DEF

A well-known quadruped of the horse kind, distinguished from the horse by its smaller size, long ears, tuft at end of tail, and black stripe across the shoulders.

OBS

Group: herd, drove, pace. Male: jack. Female: jenny. Young: colt, foal. Cry: bray.

OBS

ass: term standardized by Environment Canada and the Translation Bureau for use in the National Inventory Report.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mammifères
DEF

Mammifère sauvage ou domestique (équidés), plus petit que le cheval, à grosse tête et longues oreilles, à robe généralement grise.

OBS

Groupe : un troupeau d'ânes. Mâle : âne. Femelle : ânesse. Petit : ânon. Cri : braire.

OBS

âne : terme normalisé par Environnement Canada et le Bureau de la traduction dans le cadre du Rapport d'inventaire national.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Mamíferos
DEF

Animal solípedo, como de metro y medio de altura, de color, por lo común, ceniciento, con las orejas largas y la extremidad de la cola poblada de cerdas [...]

OBS

[...] se emplea como caballería y como bestia de carga y a veces también de tiro.

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