n. Transfer of livestock from one grazing ground to another, as from lowlands to highlands, with the changing of seasons. [French, from transhumer, to move livestock seasonally, from Spanish trashumar : Latin trāns-, trans- + Latin humus, ground; see dhghem- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] trans·humant adj. & n. |
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