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holdfast

Spanish translation: zarcillo

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English term or phrase:holdfast
Spanish translation:zarcillo
Entered by: Sergio Cortés

17:15 Nov 25, 2006
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Science - Biology (-tech,-chem,micro-) / ecology
English term or phrase: holdfast
This zone (infralittoral fringe), exposed for periods of time, consists of forests of large brown alga, Laminaria, with a rich undergrowth of smaller plants and animals among the ***holdfasts.
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Cecilia Palluzzi
Argentina
Local time: 18:11
zarcillo
Explanation:
Holdfast = zarcillo Dicc. Larousse de García-Pelayo

zarcillo:
3. m. Bot. Cada uno de los órganos largos, delgados y volubles que tienen ciertas plantas y que sirven a estas para asirse a tallos u otros objetos próximos. Pueden ser de naturaleza caulinar, como en la vid, o foliácea, como en la calabacera y en el guisante.
En: http://www.rae.es/

Espero te sirva, saludos.
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Sergio Cortés
Mexico
Local time: 15:11
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Muchas gracias
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4pie de fijación o fijador
Rolando Julio Arciniega
4zarcillo
Sergio Cortés


  

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pie de fijación o fijador


Explanation:
THis is the term translation I find in my Diccionario terminoloógico de ciencias veterinarias, biológicas y zootecnia


Definitions of Holdfasts on the Web:

* Fingerlike extensions at the base of seaweeds, such as kelp, that serve to attach the plants to rocks or other objects.
www.fish.washington.edu/naturemapping/mollusks/glossary.htm...

* specialized tissue in many larger algae which function to attach the algae to its substrate (rocks etc.)
science.kennesaw.edu/biophys/biodiversity/plants/plgloss.htm

Rolando Julio Arciniega
Local time: 15:11
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4
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zarcillo


Explanation:
Holdfast = zarcillo Dicc. Larousse de García-Pelayo

zarcillo:
3. m. Bot. Cada uno de los órganos largos, delgados y volubles que tienen ciertas plantas y que sirven a estas para asirse a tallos u otros objetos próximos. Pueden ser de naturaleza caulinar, como en la vid, o foliácea, como en la calabacera y en el guisante.
En: http://www.rae.es/

Espero te sirva, saludos.

Sergio Cortés
Mexico
Local time: 15:11
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 34
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Muchas gracias
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