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Record 1 2023-05-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meats and Meat Industries
DEF

A fabricated cut of ... a lean, boneless pork loin roast that is smoked ...

CONT

Called "back bacon" in Canada, this lean smoked meat is a closer kin to ham than it is to regular bacon. It's taken from the lean, tender eye of the loin, which is located in the middle of the back. Canadian bacon comes in cylindrical chunks that can be sliced or cut in any manner desired. It can be fried, baked, barbecued or used cold as it comes from the package in sandwiches and salads.

OBS

Canadian style bacon: Incorrect spelling. The hyphenation of the adjective phrase "Canadian style" is not an option.

Key term(s)
  • Canadian style bacon

French

Domaine(s)
  • Salaison, boucherie et charcuterie
CONT

Le nouveau bacon de dos enrobé de semoule de maïs Héritage de 1890MC, qui compte moins de 5 % de gras, constitue une solution de repas extra-maigre et idéale à comparer au bacon ou aux autres viandes à sandwich, et on peut le savourer à tout moment de la journée.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Industria cárnica, de fiambres y embutidos
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Record 2 2016-10-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meats and Meat Industries
  • Pig Raising
DEF

A hog raised for bacon or of a type fit to be made into bacon and other cured products.

OBS

bacon pig; baconer: terms extracted from the “Glossaire de l’agriculture” and reproduced with permission of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Salaison, boucherie et charcuterie
  • Élevage des porcs
OBS

porc à bacon : terme extrait du «Glossaire de l’agriculture» et reproduit avec l’autorisation de l’Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Industria cárnica, de fiambres y embutidos
  • Cría de ganado porcino
CONT

En Inglaterra, por ejemplo, se emplean para [la] preparación [de tocino] cerdos magros o semigrasos de ciertas razas seleccionadas, con siete meses de edad y un peso vivo de 80-90 kilogramos.

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Record 3 2016-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecology (General)
DEF

[Said of an animal or plant that has] lapsed into a wild from a domesticated condition.

CONT

A distinction must be made between wild dogs and feral dogs. Feral dogs are domesticated dogs that have escaped to the wild ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écologie (Généralités)
DEF

[Se dit d'un animal ou d'une plante] qui de l'état de domesticité ou de culture est passé à l'état sauvage.

OBS

Pluriel : férals ou féraux.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ecología (Generalidades)
DEF

[Dícese de un] animal de procedencia original doméstica, que se mueve libremente por el medio natural y sin aparente dependencia del hombre para su cobijo y subsistencia, o planta silvestre que procede de semilla de planta cultivada.

CONT

Población feral. Se refiere al establecimiento de poblaciones de especies exóticas que fueron introducidas y que se han establecido en el medio silvestre, pero que forzosamente derivaron de una condición doméstica.

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Record 4 2016-02-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meats and Meat Industries
OBS

For chicken, pork and beef.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Salaison, boucherie et charcuterie
OBS

Pour la volaille, le porc et le bovin.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Industria cárnica, de fiambres y embutidos
DEF

Máquina [que] separa los huesos de la carne descargándolos por separado.

CONT

Máquina deshuesadora de carnes de aves y pescados. [...] para separar mecánicamente carne y huesos, está fabricada totalmente en acero inoxidable sanitario y es hermética.

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Record 5 2012-10-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meats and Meat Industries
DEF

The upper part of a hog's hind leg, or meat from this, salted, dried, smoked, etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Salaison, boucherie et charcuterie
DEF

Charcuterie élaborée par salaison ou cuisson de la cuisse ou de l'épaule de porc.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Industria cárnica, de fiambres y embutidos
DEF

Pierna de cerdo curada.

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Record 6 2012-08-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Prepared Dishes (Cooking)
DEF

A Mexican and American Southwest dish consisting of a large flour tortilla folded and rolled around a savory filling of chorizo, chicken, machaca, refried beans or the like and garnished with lettuce, sour cream, cheese, tomato, guacamole, etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plats cuisinés
DEF

Tortilla de blé, enroulée autour d'une garniture : le plus souvent un mélange de haricots, de riz, de viande, et de crudités.

CONT

Les burritos sont [...] une spécialité des États-Unis (même si on en trouve aujourd'hui également au nord du Mexique).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Platos preparados (Cocina)
DEF

Tortilla de harina de trigo enrollada y rellena de carne, frijoles o queso.

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Record 7 2012-08-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fatty Substances (Food)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Corps gras (Ind. de l'aliment.)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Substancias grasas (Industria alimentaria)
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Record 8 2009-06-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mammals
  • Pig Raising
OBS

Group: a drove, fare (litter), farrow (of piglets), flock, herd, litter (young), sounder of pigs; a hoggery; a nest of trotters. Male: boar, hog, barrow (castrated). Female: sow, gilt. Young: pig, farrow, gilt (female), piglet, pigling, shoat, shote. Habitation: pen, sty. Cry: grunt, snort, squeal.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mammifères
  • Élevage des porcs
OBS

Mâle: cochon, verrat. Femelle: truie, coche. Petit: cochon de lait, porcelet, goret. Cri: grogner.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Mamíferos
  • Cría de ganado porcino
DEF

Mamífero artiodáctilo del grupo de los Suidos, que se cría en domesticidad para aprovechar su cuerpo en la alimentación humana y en otros usos.

OBS

marrano: Cerdo de tres años en adelante.

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