— transhumant , adj.
/trans hyooh"meuhns/ or, often, /yooh"-, tranz-/ , n.
the seasonal migration of livestock, and the people who tend them, between lowlands and adjacent mountains.
[ 1900-05; transhum ( er ) to shift ground (modeled on Sp trashumar; see TRANS-, HUMUS) + -ance -ANCE ]