transhumance

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Synonyms: transhuman, transhumant, transhumanize

Antonyms: transhuman, transhumant, transhumanize

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Noun

1. The [[seasonal]] [[movement]] of [[grazing]] [[livestock]] (especially cattle, sheep, or goats) to new [[pasture]]s which may be quite distant; [[alpine]] and [[nonalpine]] versions of such movement exist.<!--The "hum" in [[transhumance]] refers to the pastures (compare [[humus]]), not to the [[human]]s; the whole [[people]] may be nomadic in some places, but in many others it is only the [[herder]]s who go live where the cattle live in summer-->

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