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Portuguese translation: bicho-de-pé


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English term or phrase:chiggers
Portuguese translation:bicho-de-pé
Entered by: Carla Lopes
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11:55 Apr 6, 2010
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Science - Zoology
English term or phrase: chiggers
Olá a todos!

Esta é a expressão em causa:

"The eight-legged, plant-feeding harvest mite is harmless, but this chigger, its microscopic six-legged larva, can be a real pest. Picked up by people walking through the grass, chiggers push their heads into hair follicles in the skin."

Obrigada desde já pela ajuda!
Cristiana Veleda
Local time: 21:18
bicho-de-pé
Explanation:
Babylon English-Portuguese

chigger
s. bicho-de-pé (tipo de inseto); larva de certos acarinos
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Carla Lopes
Portugal
Local time: 21:18
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Obrigada pela ajuda, Carla!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +2acaro Eutrombicula alfreddugesi
airmailrpl
4 +2bicho-de-pé
Carla Lopes
Summary of reference entries provided
chigger
rir

  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
bicho-de-pé


Explanation:
Babylon English-Portuguese

chigger
s. bicho-de-pé (tipo de inseto); larva de certos acarinos


    Reference: http://pt.bab.la/dicionario/ingles-portugues/chigger
Carla Lopes
Portugal
Local time: 21:18
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 20
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Obrigada pela ajuda, Carla!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Marlene Curtis
4 mins
  -> Obrigada!

agree  rir: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chigoe_flea
12 hrs
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21 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
acaro Eutrombicula alfreddugesi


Explanation:
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LAGARTOS - 200.170.150.155
Traduzido do original: Patterns of infestation by chigger mites in four ... por larvas do acaro Eutrombicula alfreddugesi na comunidade de lagartos da ...
www.biblioteca.claretiano.edu.br/.../wxis.exe?...

Produção Científica
Padrões do parasitismo por ácaros Eutrombicula aff. alfreddugesi .... Patterns of infestation by chigger mites in four diurnal lizard species from a ...
www.ppea.cefetcampos.br/.../PLANILHA_GPAPIS Jurubatiba Fina...

airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 17:18
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  imatahan
38 mins
  -> agradeço

agree  Christina Paiva
1 day10 hrs
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Reference comments


12 hrs
Reference: chigger

Reference information:
http://www.answers.com/chiggers?afid=TBarLookup&nafid=27

rir
United States
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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Apr 11, 2010 - Changes made by Carla Lopes:
Created KOG entryKudoZ term => KOG term


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