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Explanation: Também não encontrei referências a este possível tipo de javali, por isso eu arriscaria a tradução literal. veja no contexto do texto se é a isso mesmo que se refere.
Não se tratará de "bear" (existem "silverback bears" e o adjectivo "monstruous" sugere mais um urso do que um javali...)?
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21 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +2
silverback boar
Javali de dorso prateado
Explanation: Também não encontrei referências a este possível tipo de javali, por isso eu arriscaria a tradução literal. veja no contexto do texto se é a isso mesmo que se refere.
João Araújo Portugal Native speaker of: Portuguese, Swedish PRO pts in category: 4
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Muito obrigada!
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Asker: It was my first impulse, to merely translate it literally. But I just though I'd double check first to see if anyone had heard about this beast... ;-)
22 mins confidence:
silverback boar
javali (wild boar)
Explanation: Hello Daniela, more context (place, etc.) would be useful, but I think is a description of a wild boar.
See the references below: http://www.discoverlife.org/nh/tx/Vertebrata/Mammalia/Suidae...
Sus scrofa Gray
European Wild Hog
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Physical Characteristics: The body of the European wild hog, a non-native (exotic) member of the park's fauna, is built somewhat like that of a bison, being higher and heavier in the shoulder region. It is covered with thin, coarse hair. Hogs are usually black, ***but the tips of the guard hairs are silvery-gray *** or brown.
Eric & Teri's Pork Slam Adventure w/ Ted Nugent | Artisans of the ...
26 Jun 2009 ... Shown Above Theresa Tonte with 300+lb Austrian ***Silver Back Wild Boar*** Sunrize Acres, Jackson, Michigan November 2007 ... www.artisansofthevalley.com/.../ted-nugents-pork-slam-2007
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De nada, Daniella. Romania... then I will no doubt. There are not other wild pigs in Europe.
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Soy biólogo y cuento con experiencia en la traducción de libros de fauna, por si eso sirve de algo... ¡Saludos!
Andrés Martínez Spain Local time: 22:18 Specializes in field Native speaker of: Spanish PRO pts in category: 12
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Asker: Gracias, Andrés! The context is merely literary, it just says that it is a huge silverback boar. If it helps, the story takes place in Romania.
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