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VENADO [2 records]

Record 1 2008-10-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Food Industries
  • Hunting and Sport Fishing
CONT

The most common large game meat is venison, which, though commonly thought of as deer, is a term that broadly includes the meat from elk, moose, reindeer, caribou and antilope.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
  • Chasse et pêche sportive
DEF

Chair de grand gibier (cerf, chevreuil, daim, sanglier).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Industria alimentaria
  • Caza y pesca deportiva
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Record 2 2007-08-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mammals
OBS

Group: a bevy of roe deer (6 head); a brace of bucks; a game of red deer; a great bevy of roe deer (12 deer); a great herd of deer (80 head), a herd of deer, a leash of deer (3); a little herd of deer (20 head), a middle bevy of roe deer (10 head); a middle herd of deer (40 head); a quarry , parcel (hinds), rangale or common herd of deer. Male: buck, stag, hart. Female: doe, hind. Young: fawn, calf, kid, pricket/brocket (male).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mammifères
OBS

Groupe [cerf] troupeau, harde, troupe, harpail, harpaille. Mâle: cerf. Femelle: biche. Petit: faon, hère (6 mois), brocard (1 an), daguet (1-2 ans). Un cerf peut bramer (rut), mugir, raire (rut), râler (faon), raller (rare, faon) ou réer (vieilli, rut). Groupe [chevreuil] troupe. Mâle: chevreuil. Femelle: chevrette. Petit: chevrotin, brocard (1 an), faon, daguet (1-2 ans). Cri: bramer, raire, réer.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Mamíferos
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