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PIED-DE-BICHE [6 records]

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Record 1 2023-01-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Crustaceans
  • Seafood and Freshwater Food (Food Industries)
Universal entry(ies)
Pollicipes cornucopia
Latin
Mitella pollicipes
Latin
Pollicipes pollicipes
Latin
OBS

goose barnacle: trade name recommended by the "Comité de normalisation de la terminologie des pêches commerciales" and by Fisheries and Oceans Canada.

OBS

goose barnacle; barnacle: common names also used to refer to other species of the family Pollicipedidae.

Key term(s)
  • goose neck barnacle
  • goosenecked barnacle

French

Domaine(s)
  • Crustacés
  • Produits de mer et d'eau douce (Industr. alim.)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Pollicipes cornucopia
Latin
Mitella pollicipes
Latin
Pollicipes pollicipes
Latin
OBS

pouce-pied : nom commercial normalisé par l'Office québécois de la langue française (OQLF) et le Comité de normalisation de la terminologie des pêches commerciales.

OBS

pouce pied; pouce-pied : noms communs utilisés aussi pour désigner d'autres espèces de la famille des Pollicipedidae.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Crustáceos
  • Productos del mar y de agua dulce (Ind. alimentaria)
Entrada(s) universal(es)
Pollicipes cornucopia
Latin
Mitella pollicipes
Latin
Pollicipes pollicipes
Latin
DEF

Crustáceo cirrópodo, que tiene un caparazón compuesto de cinco piezas y un pedúnculo carnoso con el cual se adhiere a los peñascos de las costas, se cría formando grupos y es comestible.

OBS

Los crustáceos cirrípedos son todos marinos, y de adultos viven siempre fijos a un sustrato. Los percebes (Pollicipes cornucopia) viven fijos a rocas en zonas muy batidas por el mar. [...] Otros crustáceos pertenecientes al mismo grupo, pero no tan apreciados como los percebes [...] son los balanos o arneirones.

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Record 2 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

crowbar: an item in the "Mechanical Tools and Equipment" class of the "Tools and Equipment for Science and Technology" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

pied-de-biche : objet de la classe «Outils et équipement mécaniques» de la catégorie «Outillage et équipement pour les sciences et la technologie».

Spanish

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Record 3 2012-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Construction Tools
DEF

A straight steel bar with a curved end used to lift and pull nails from a material.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outils (Construction)
DEF

Petit levier dont l'extrémité recourbée est fendue en biseau et qui sert à arracher les clous [...]

OBS

Au pluriel: des pieds-de-biche; des pieds-de-chèvre.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Herramientas (Construcción)
DEF

Tipo de palanca en la que uno de sus extremos está biselado y el otro forma una especie de garrote terminado en forma de pezuña.

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Record 4 2012-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hand Tools
  • Forestry Operations
DEF

The broadened end of an ax(e) handle for giving a better hand-grip, of a shape reminiscent of a deer's foot.

OBS

fawn foot: term used in the Commonwealth.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage à main
  • Exploitation forestière
DEF

Extrémité élargie du manche d'une hache pour en faciliter la prise.

Key term(s)
  • pied-de-biche

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Herramientas manuales
  • Explotación forestal
DEF

Engrosamiento en el extremo del mango de un hacha.

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Record 5 2001-09-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wood Furniture Manufacture
  • Antique Furniture (Museums and Heritage)
DEF

French for "deer's foot"; slight curvature applied to a leg, ending in a cloven foot. Forerunner of the cabriole leg, occurring in Late Louis XIV-Régence work and in contemporary English furniture.

OBS

Both the scroll termination (pied galbé) and the pied de biche are found in French Canada although the latter was rare in France by the middle of the 18th century and may represent a survival in Canada from the closing years of the Louis XIV period.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fabrication des meubles en bois
  • Meubles anciens (Muséologie et Patrimoine)
DEF

Pied incurvé des tables ou des fauteuils (Louis XV ou autre) terminé par un sabot.

Spanish

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Record 6 2000-12-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hand Tools
  • Furniture Industries
DEF

A fork for removing nails or spikes

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage à main
  • Industrie du meuble
DEF

Nom de divers leviers à tête fendue servant par ex. [...], à arracher des clous.

Spanish

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