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BEC CROCHU [8 records]

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Record 1 2022-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • Fish
  • Animal Reproduction
DEF

A hook formed on the lower jaw of adult male salmon and trout during the breeding season.

CONT

In salmonids of the genus Oncorhynchus (meaning "hooked snout"), the upper jaw becomes more elongated than the lower thereby forming a "snout."

OBS

Male salmon or trout with this trait are called "kippers," and "hooknoses" in the case of coho salmons.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Poissons
  • Reproduction des animaux
CONT

Le dimorphisme sexuel se développe à mesure que le saumon coho approche de la maturité sexuelle. Le mâle devient plus foncé et prend souvent une teinte rouge vif, sa mâchoire supérieure s’allonge en un bec crochu, et ses dents grossissent.

OBS

Les saumons mâles pourvus de cette caractéristique sont appelés des «bécards».

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-06-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Birds
Universal entry(ies)
Ancistrops strigilatus
Latin
OBS

A bird of the family Furnariidae.

OBS

In English scientific usage, 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.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Oiseaux
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Ancistrops strigilatus
Latin
OBS

Oiseau de la famille des Furnariidae.

OBS

anabate à bec crochu : nom français uniformisé par la Commission internationale des noms français des oiseaux.

OBS

En français, 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 3 2015-06-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Birds
DEF

A large and voracious sea-bird ... about 3 feet in length, and of a lustrous black colour, widely diffused over the northern hemisphere and both sides of the Atlantic.

CONT

Cormorants have long necks and powerful, daggerlike bills for spearing fish.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Oiseaux
DEF

Oiseau aquatique piscivore très vorace, aux teintes sombres, au long bec crochu, aux pattes palmées [présent un peu partout dans le monde].

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Aves
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Record 4 2006-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Residential Architecture
  • Construction Finishing
DEF

A pendant fillet with a channel behind it on the edge of a corona, larmier, or stringcourse, etc., so called because in profile it resembles a bird's beak.

Key term(s)
  • bird's beak moulding
  • beak moulding

French

Domaine(s)
  • Architecture d'habitation
  • Finitions (Construction)
DEF

Moulure saillante dont le profil a une forme de bec plus ou moins crochu.

Spanish

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Record 5 2002-03-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Birds
CONT

The term "birds of prey" is commonly accepted as referring to owls and the group of birds known as falconiformes.

CONT

The birds of prey differ from the generality of birds in that the females are considerably larger than the males.

Key term(s)
  • birds of prey

French

Domaine(s)
  • Oiseaux
DEF

Oiseau carnivore, aux doigts armés d’ongles forts et crochus. (serre)

CONT

Les oiseaux de proie, à bec crochu, dont la pointe aiguë se recourbe en bas; ils ont les pieds courts et les doigts armés d’ongles très forts.

Key term(s)
  • oiseaux de proie

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Aves
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Record 6 1999-07-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Zoology
CONT

Cathartids feed almost exclusively on carrion, which they tear apart with their strong, hooked beaks.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Zoologie
CONT

Les Cathartidés se nourrissent presque exclusivement de charognes, qu'ils dépècent à l'aide de leur bec très crochu.

Spanish

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Record 7 1990-09-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Birds
DEF

bird of prey.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Oiseaux
DEF

Nom donné aux oiseaux qui ont un bec crochu et des griffes bien développées avec lesquels ils tuent leurs proies. Ce terme s’applique aussi bien aux aigles, faucons, buses, busards, milans etc. qu'aux hiboux et chouettes, car tous sont remarquablement équipés pour capturer des animaux souvent volumineux.

Spanish

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Record 8 1977-08-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Birds
CONT

[The Pelican's] great wings and bill pouch enable it to carry a whole fish that it catches.

OBS

"pouch" a baglike part, as of a pelican's bill or a gopher's cheeks, used to carry food.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Oiseaux
OBS

"pélican :"Oiseau palmipède("Pélécanidés"), au bec très long et crochu, muni à la mandibule inférieure d’une poche membraneuse dilatable, où il emmagasine la nourriture de ses petits.

Spanish

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