zoology

Hola, Otra profesora me dio una caja llena de libritos para niNos. Uno tiene el titulo EL CHIGARI. El imagen parece ser un dinosaurio o algo asi. No encuentro la palabra "chigari" en mi diccionario. (Pienso usar estos libritos en una clase usando un proyector ELMO y por seguro los alumnos me van...

Hola a todos.... alguien puede ayudarme a traducir "underpinning" en este contexto: "The mechanistic underpinning of ecomorphology is that some aspects of interindividual morphological variation will lead to functional and performance differences..." Gracias a todos...

It is included in a listing of several natural areas! The word "jardinisée" doesn't even exist in french but it could be some kind of neologism to say that the forrest is laid out that way, to look like a garden. I don't really know how to translate it! Could a "garden-laid-out forrest"...

Hi everyone! Does anyone know the English term for "nicheur" when refering to birds? Here is some context: Il y a ici plus de 200 espèces, des populations colossales de migrateurs et beaucoup de nicheurs. Thanks for any help!

Hola, estic escrivint sobre las cabres salvatges i la traduccio que he trobat per entremaliada es 'mischievous'. · We also found that goats is an animal which sometimes is not as appreciated as could be the deer for example, perhaps because its mischievousness. Doncs el que voldria dir es: El...

Saludos a todos ¿Alguien sabe si en español hay términos específicos para diferenciar entre potro, potra, potrillo, potrilla, potranco y potranca? Entiendo el significado de cada palabra pero no sé si alguno de los términos sólo se ocupa para un determinado sexo del equino. Hi to everyone...

Hola, Cómo se traduce "zona de amortiguamiento" al inglés? Me refiero a la zona vecina a una reserva natural o area protegida. El trabajo de conservacion en la zona de amortiguamiento es difrerente al trabajo en el area protegida. Espero haber sido clara respecto al contexto. Gracias,

I have never been able to find a word for the animal Steinbock in English. I don't mean the Zodiac sign Capricorn, but the actual animal living in the mountains. I can't attempt to translate it because I have nothing to go from, but I do know there are animals in the Rocky Mountains called...

Bonjour, I am working with an old scientific journal dealing with salmon. The publication is in French, and I am wondering how this subtitle could be translated: Races d'âge des saumons de l'Adour. It is "Races d'âge" that confuses me. The last part would be "...of salmon from the Adour...

Hi, how would you translate thunderbug? "Insecto de las tormentas???" Gracias!

Hello everyone Does anybody know how to say in English the expression "a cuccia" which is usually used in italian to make a dog be quiet.

Could someone please tell me why there's no definition of "hooper" (as an insect) even in "Merriam Webster". Here's my context from "The Body of an American" by Dos Passos:

"And finally, monstrous, yet rather intriguing, a half-man half-animal appears beneath the wings of a ray... Or is it an alien?" what does "yet rather" mean in this sentence? it's a documentary text about monstrous looking animals.

It's a educational video about the echidna reproduction, this is the paragraph and my try. Es la traducción de un video educativo que trata la reproducción de los equidna, a continuación pongo el párrafo y mi traducción. A female usually lays just one egg per year which she rolls into a deep...

comment traduit on "baie rose" en anglais ? pink bay ? merci davance !

¡¡Hola!! Me gustaria saber el significado de "Net haul", aparece en un articulo sobre zooplankton. Pongo una de las oraciones en las que aparece "Net hauls were collected using a double closing net by taking vertical tows over 5m depth segments". Gracias.

Hi! Does anyone know the name of this fish in Englihs? Thanks!

Hola amigos traductores, Tengo un término que no he podido traducir apesar de no ser tan raro. "difusión facilitada" y se refiere al mecanismo celular de transporte de azucar y otros nutrientes De antemano gracias

It's probably strange for a native English-speaker to ask a question, but I've run into a problem. A form of execution in India was to be trampled under the [feet] of an elephant. The thing is, would we say feet? Dogs and cats have paws, pigs have trotters, and doubtless there are other...

I'm talking of insects and bioluminescence 1. What's the difference between: lightning bugs, fireflies and glowworms? 2. Are they all translated in Italian "lucciole"? thanks in advance

As a swede in France at the moment, I have great troubles finding a translation to something all swedes are very found of, lingonberries. So, if you could please help me, I need a translation! (into french that is) Best regards

Clown Fish

A little dog is sucked into a water pump hose. How do you translate: "Il se fait emporter sous l'eau comme un serpent de mer" He's carried away under water like a sea snake?????? (that sounds strange)

tortoise is for tortue terrestre and turtle for tortue d'eau (aquatique) ? thanks for help. what about une tortue dans un aquarium ? thanks :)

Hi, I'd like to know the English translation for grondin. This is the Wikipedia link: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grondin_%28poisson%29 When I click on the English version on the left side of the page it appears to speak only about one type of grondin and I'm looking for a generic term to...

Surely not a sea cucumber? The context is: En effet, les gardes côtes seychellois ont récemment arrêté un bateau de pêche lui appartenant à bord duquel ils ont trouvé plusieurs travailleurs chinois dans l'illégalité ainsi que des centaines de concombres de mer. I gather it's something that...

Could someone please tell me how to say SEA TURTLE in French? Thanks, if you can. Damma

Hi. I need someone to confirm if wrote this sentence correctly: "La girafe mâle peut mesurer 4.8 à 5.5 mètres de haut." I'm not sure if i should write "la girafe mâle" or "la girafe masculin". if there are any other mistakes please inform me of them. Thanks in advance.

Comment diriez-vous "macaw landing" en français, venant de la phrase suivante? Botanical Gardens, Macaw Landing, Museum/Insectarium, Live Bug Zoo thanks for your help

How is léopard de mer translated into English?

Buongiorno a tutti. Che voi sappiate, in italiano esiste un corrispettivo di "grazer", ovvero un animale che si nutre di organismi autotrofi multicellulari? Devo tradurre il titolo "Giant grazer" riferito a una megattera che si nutre di krill...

Hi there, can anyone help me to translate 'écureuil nain à poil dur'. Is it a joke or a real thing? I got it in a chain email. I'm guessing its a short haired squirrel or something??? Thanks guys!

Toujours dans les poissons souffleurs, je cherche à traduire filefish ?

Good evening everybody, Does anybody know what a "yellowtail" is? It appears in a sushi. I think, it is a fish. But I don't know which one and how it is called in french. Thank you for your help !

En lisant "à l'ombre des jeunes filles" de Proust, j'ai trouvé le mot composé 'merle-chat', mais en a beau chercher la traduction dans l'ATILF ou wordreference.com. Est-ce qu'on m'aide? Je m'excuse - pas de contexte.

My company is starting to import crustaceans from West Africa, notably "langoustes". I am told there are "cigales de mer" as well. Anyone have a proper English translation for these creatures? I do not think Sea Cicada will be too appetizing on a menu...thanks

Hi I need to know the translation for this. My first guess before I checked on the net was fraise sauvage which I think is correct. It may be fraisier sauvage though i think that is more 'wild strawberry plant'. I knew sauvage because I knew a wild animal was une bete sauvage...

Hi everyone... Would anyone know how to say : bright-eyed and bushy tailed in french? or an equivalent to the saying? I am in fact referring to a squirrel, and not a person :) Merci mille fois! Mélanie

Bonjour What is a translation into french for this as I can not find it any where? merci beaucoup

What is the translation for "flying squirrel" in French?

Bonjour, Comment pourrais-je traduire : "fish ecosystem" ? Je pensais à "écosystème piscicole", mais je ne l'ai trouvé que 2 fois sur Google, donc il doit sûrement exister une expression plus appropriée. Merci d'avance

I was watching a video of a fisherman in Guadeloupe, and he said the name of the fish he was selling. Phoenetically, it sounded like "orfi" Does anyone know what fish this is? It's long and has a pointy nose. Thanks a lot BruceChileno

Good morning! Can anyone tell me the Italian for aardvark and civet? They are two African animals and I know for sure that the civet is a catlike. Thank you so much. Moderator's note: Use the search feature first;( You'd have found the link provided by Lee) One question per thread, please.

Hello all, I'm translating a story for young people from French into English. At one point, the story takes place in a village populated by beavers. One of the beavers refers to a gift given to the village by "nos cousins, les phoques du bord de mer." I am stumped about how to...

Hola a todos. No tengo ni idea de italiano, pero más o menos hasta ahora no tenía problemas con mis traducciones. Ahora necesito traducir estas palabras sobre fisiología de insectos a español. Podríais ayudarme? Muchas gracias ovidotto laterali = algo relacionado con los ovarios dotto...

Hello! Y a t-il un équivalent en français pour "blue cod"? je sais que "cod" c'est du cabillaud ou de la morue mais du "blue cod"..? merci d'avance, Ally62

is the milan in the fable a bird? what is its english counterpart? merci en avance :)

How would you translate "un cheval tacheté" (like appaloosa horses), please ?

Quelqu'un aurait une idee de comment on peut traduire ceci ? C'est assez facile a comprendre mais quant a le traduire...

Je cherche la traduction exacte en français de "sharp-shinned hawk" Merci à tous