the rounded mouth cup

Spanish translation: la ventosa bucal redondeada

23:56 Jun 19, 2005
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Science - Zoology
English term or phrase: the rounded mouth cup
The adult lamprey is predaceous, nevertheless; the rounded mouth cup forms an adhesive disc by which it attaches to the higher types of fishes upon which it preys as a bloodsucker
Evila Estevez
Spanish translation:la ventosa bucal redondeada
Explanation:
El adjetivo "rounded" se aplica a "mouth cup" y no solo a "mouth."

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Note added at 27 mins (2005-06-20 00:23:47 GMT)
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Aqui tienes una foto de la ventosa bucal de una lamprea: http://www.fws.gov/midwest/Marquette/mouth.html/. En ingles es una buccal funnel.
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4 +1la ventosa bucal redondeada
Nizo
3la ventosa de la boca redondeada
Oso (X)
3boca redonda
Carlos Hernández


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
la ventosa de la boca redondeada


Explanation:
Hola Evila,
Una sugerencia.
Buena suerte y saludos del Oso ¶:^)

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Note added at 2005-06-20 00:06:34 (GMT)
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En este caso \"cup\" se refiere a \"ventosa\". El pez lamprea (lamprey) es famoso por su usar su boca como ventosa para asirse a las peñas o para succionar a sus víctimas.

cup 5. ventosa
Simon & Schuster\'s Bilingual Dictionary©

ventosa.
(Del lat. tardío ventÿsa).
1. f. Órgano que tienen ciertos animales en los pies, **la boca** u otras partes del cuerpo, para adherirse o agarrarse, mediante el vacío, al andar o hacer presa.

lamprea.
(Del b. lat. lamprïda).
1. f. Pez del orden de los Ciclóstomos, de un metro o algo más de largo, de cuerpo casi cilíndrico, liso, viscoso y terminado en una cola puntiaguda. Tiene el lomo verde, manchado de azul, y, sobre él, dos aletas pardas con manchas amarillas, y otra, de color azul, rodeando la cola; a cada lado de la cabeza se ven siete agujeros branquiales. Vive asido a las peñas, ***a las que se agarra fuertemente con la boca***. Su carne es muy estimada.
DRAE©

Oso (X)
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boca redonda


Explanation:
...la lamprea, que es un ciclóstomo -literalmente, 'boca redonda'-, se
adhiere con ella a las piedras del río durante el acto reproductivo. ...
...Su boca redonda, de varias capas de dientes, tiene las características de una
ventosa ...

Carlos Hernández
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24 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
la ventosa bucal redondeada


Explanation:
El adjetivo "rounded" se aplica a "mouth cup" y no solo a "mouth."

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Note added at 27 mins (2005-06-20 00:23:47 GMT)
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Aqui tienes una foto de la ventosa bucal de una lamprea: http://www.fws.gov/midwest/Marquette/mouth.html/. En ingles es una buccal funnel.


    Reference: http://www.vertebradosibericos.org/peces/lampla.html
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