caltrop

snares that catch the feet of animals in hunting or trapping, or in the context of warfare
Product weapon_type Q736050
caltrop
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caltrop

Summary

caltrop is a weapon type[1]. caltrop draws 775 Wikipedia views per month (weapon_type category, ranking #85 of 694).[2]

Key Facts

  • caltrop's image is recorded as Tribulos.jpg[3].
  • caltrop's image is recorded as Iron caltrops Scandinavian style 17th or 18th century.jpg[4].
  • caltrop's instance of is recorded as weapon type[5].
  • caltrop's subclass of is recorded as weapon[6].
  • caltrop's Commons category is recorded as Caltrops (weapon)[7].
  • caltrop's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0177_s[8].
  • caltrop's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[9].
  • caltrop's Nomenclature for Museum Cataloging is recorded as 7836[10].
  • caltrop's Lex ID is recorded as partisansøm[11].
  • caltrop's TOPCMB ID is recorded as estrepe[12].
  • caltrop's Encyclopedia of Korean Culture ID is recorded as E0079550[13].
  • caltrop's National Historical Museums of Sweden ID is recorded as term/FA07DB02-56E6-4F9D-A6B1-B624B0F62B04[14].
  • caltrop's Portable Antiquities Scheme object type ID is recorded as CALTROP[15].
  • caltrop's FISH Archaeological Objects Thesaurus ID is recorded as 95171[16].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for caltrop include Tribulus terrestris[17], a taxon[18].

Why It Matters

caltrop draws 775 Wikipedia views per month (weapon_type category, ranking #85 of 694).[2] caltrop has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] caltrop is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

Entities named for caltrop include Tribulus terrestris[17], a taxon[18].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [17] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [18] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_caltrop_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{caltrop}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/caltrop}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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