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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. Transfer of livestock from one grazing ground to another, as from lowlands to highlands, with the changing of seasons.

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  1. n. the moving of cattle or other grazing animals to new pastures, often quite distant, according to the change in season

Etymologies

  1. French transhumance, ultimately from Latin trans + humus ‘ground’. (Wiktionary)
  2. French, from transhumer, to move livestock seasonally, from Spanish trashumar : Latin trāns-, trans- + Latin humus, ground; see dhghem- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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