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English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Science - Zoology | | English term or phrase: jellyfish | | "Jellyfish fossils have been found in rocks formed 670 million years ago." |
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Do Oxford:
jelly-fish - The popular name of various acalephs, medusas, or sea-nettles, from their gelatinous structure.
Do Houaiss:
água-viva - design. comum aos cnidários da classe dos cifozoários, marinhos e pelágicos, de corpo mole, gelatinoso e transparente, e tentáculos providos de células urticantes, capazes de provocar sérias queimaduras em seres humanos; água-má, alforreca, cansanção, caravela, chora-vinagre, mãe-d\'água, mãe-joana, mija-vinagre, ponom, urtiga-do-mar, vinagreira. |
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Carlos Angelo
Brazil
Local time: 17:20
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2 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +6 água-viva
Explanation:
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Note added at 1 hr 0 min (2005-04-01 18:06:18 GMT)
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Do Oxford:
jelly-fish - The popular name of various acalephs, medusas, or sea-nettles, from their gelatinous structure.
Do Houaiss:
água-viva - design. comum aos cnidários da classe dos cifozoários, marinhos e pelágicos, de corpo mole, gelatinoso e transparente, e tentáculos providos de células urticantes, capazes de provocar sérias queimaduras em seres humanos; água-má, alforreca, cansanção, caravela, chora-vinagre, mãe-d\'água, mãe-joana, mija-vinagre, ponom, urtiga-do-mar, vinagreira.
| Carlos Angelo
Brazil
Local time: 17:20
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 19
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