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lesser long-nosed bat

French translation: chauve-souris au long nez

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English term or phrase:lesser long-nosed bat
French translation:chauve-souris au long nez
Entered by: Paul Roige (X)

09:49 Jan 27, 2001
English to French translations [PRO]
Science
English term or phrase: lesser long-nosed bat
the lesser long-nosed bat (leptonycteris curasoae) was an effective pollinator of saguaro...
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chauve-souris au long nez
Explanation:
Bonsoir: found only one link (link 1) that flies with bats of this kind which says: "... est fécondée par un seul animal que l'on ne trouve qu'ici : une chauve-souris du nom de "Leptonycteris curasoae", appelé au Mexique le "Murciélo narigudo". ... If nothing better comes, read this (link 2): "Parcs et réserves... compense le manque de mammifères avec 14 espèces dont un beau caméléon multicolore au long nez ou les grenouilles..." Well, bats, chameleons, ..., all nice guys with a long nose... Good luck with it :-)

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nachauve-souris au long nez
Paul Roige (X)
nachauve-souris au long nez
Jean-Luc Crucifix
nala chauve-souris à nez un peu moins long
Hélène Lévesque


  

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55 mins
chauve-souris au long nez


Explanation:
Bonsoir: found only one link (link 1) that flies with bats of this kind which says: "... est fécondée par un seul animal que l'on ne trouve qu'ici : une chauve-souris du nom de "Leptonycteris curasoae", appelé au Mexique le "Murciélo narigudo". ... If nothing better comes, read this (link 2): "Parcs et réserves... compense le manque de mammifères avec 14 espèces dont un beau caméléon multicolore au long nez ou les grenouilles..." Well, bats, chameleons, ..., all nice guys with a long nose... Good luck with it :-)




    www.citeweb.net/vivamexico/Textes/Textes/Tequila.html - 20k -
    Reference: http://www.tourisme-madagascar.com/madagascar/parcs.htm
Paul Roige (X)
Spain
Local time: 07:05
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in CatalanCatalan
PRO pts in pair: 12
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1 hr
chauve-souris au long nez


Explanation:
Aparemment, pas de traduction officielle en français. Voici la description (en anglais de l'animal):
http://orion.mesc.nbs.gov/species_profile/species_profile.ht...


    Reference: http://orion.mesc.nbs.gov/species_profile/species_profile.ht...
Jean-Luc Crucifix
France
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in pair: 164
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8 hrs
la chauve-souris à nez un peu moins long


Explanation:
the term "lesser" here seems to indicate that reference was made to a particular "longer-nosed" bat than that one.

Hélène Lévesque
Local time: 23:05
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in pair: 6
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