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transhumance (s) (noun), transhumances (pl)
1. The transfer of livestock from one grazing ground to another, as from lowlands to highlands, with the changing of seasons.
2. The practice of moving farm animals between different grazing lands according to the time of the year; especially, up to mountain pastures in the summer and back down into the valleys in the winter.
3. Etymology: from French transhumance; from Latin trans-, "across, beyond" + humus, "ground".
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