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transhumance

trans·hu·mance [ transs hymənss ]


noun 
Definition:
 
seasonal change of grazing lands: the practice of moving livestock between different grazing lands according to season, especially up to mountain pastures in summer and back down into the valleys in winter

[Early 20th century. < French< transhumer "go across ground" < Latin humus "ground"]

trans·hu·mant adjective
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