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語源

From the Bertillon System.

名詞

bertillon (複数形 bertillons)

1. (usually in the plural) The visual appearance, primarily colour and markings, of a pet animal or a greyhound
   • 2005, Julian Hawthorne, The Subterranean Brotherhood, →ISBN, page 178:

     As we all know, the first thing done with a new prisoner is to take his bertillons, and the record of these measurements and observations, together with two photographs of him, or with four, if he had a beard when convicted, is sent to every .police office in the country, and is there studied by the detectives and police.

関連する語

• bertillonage