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transhumes

transhumes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of transhume.

Meaning of transhume

Verb

transhume (third-person singular simple present transhumes, present participle transhuming, simple past and past participle transhumed)

  1. (intransitive) To migrate.
    • Animals in good condition and not subjected to physical stress (such as having to transhume or walk far between pastures and waterpoints) usually suffer considerably less than animals on a poor nutritional level and having to expend much physical energy.1990, M. M. H. Sewell, D. W. Brocklesby, Handbook on Animal Diseases in the Tropics, page 46

Questions about transhumes

What is transhumes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Transhumes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of transhume.

Words near transhumes in the dictionary

  1. transhumant
  2. transhumants
  3. transhume
  4. transhumed
  5. transhumeral
  6. transhumes
  7. transhuming
  8. transhydrogenase
  9. transhydrogenases
  10. transhydrogenation
  11. transhydrogenations

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