French translation for "clod of earth"

n. motte de terre

Example Sentences:

	1.	They use their bills to probe the ground or turn over clods of earth or small rocks looking for food. Ils utilisent leur bec pour sonder le terrain ou retourner les mottes de terre et les petites roches à la recherche de nourriture.
	2.	When the Argo was driven ashore in the Gulf of Syrtes Minor, the crew carried the vessel to the "Tritonian Lake", Lake Tritonis, whence Triton, the local deity euhemeristically rationalized by Diodorus Siculus as "then ruler over Libya", welcomed them with a guest-gift of a clod of earth and guided them through the lake's marshy outlet back to the Mediterranean. Quand l’Argo toucha terre dans le golfe des Syrtes mineures, l'équipage amarra son navire au « Lac des tritons » où Triton, la divinité locale (selon Évhémère par Diodore de Sicile), les a accueillis avec un cadeau et les a guidés vers la sortie marécageuse du lac pour qu'ils retournent à la mer Méditerranée.

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