transhumance
noun/trænzˈhjuːməns/
/trænzˈhjuːməns/
[uncountable] (specialist)- the practice of moving animals to different fields in different seasons, for example to higher fields in summer and lower fields in winterWord Originearly 20th cent.: from French, from the verb transhumer, based on Latin trans- ‘across’ + humus ‘ground’.
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