Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
peito
English translation:
chest
Added to glossary by
Reginaldo Francisco
May 18, 2012 13:21
12 yrs ago
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Portuguese term
peito
Portuguese to English
Science
Biology (-tech,-chem,micro-)
morcegos
No trecho: "Sua coloração é acinzentada variando a tonalidade e a região do peito tem a coloração cinza claro."
Trata-se da descrição de uma espécie de morcego. Não consegui chegar à conclusão de qual palavra seria melhor para "peito" neste contexto: breast ou chest.
Creio que seja chest, mas gostaria da opinião dos colegas.
Obrigado desde já.
Trata-se da descrição de uma espécie de morcego. Não consegui chegar à conclusão de qual palavra seria melhor para "peito" neste contexto: breast ou chest.
Creio que seja chest, mas gostaria da opinião dos colegas.
Obrigado desde já.
Proposed translations
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| 3 +3 | chest |
XXXphxxx (X)
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| 4 | thorax |
airmailrpl
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chest
If I'm not mistaken: 'chest' for mammals and 'breast' for birds.
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Note added at 33 mins (2012-05-18 13:54:21 GMT)
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Wiki entry:
"Webster's camera captured the bat's method of skimming the surface of a body of water, and lowering its jaw to get just one drop of water. It then skims again to get a second drop of water, and so on, until it has had its fill of water. Its precision and control is very fine, and it almost never misses.[51] Other, such as the flying fox or fruit bat, gently skim the water's surface, then land nearby to lick water from their chest fur."
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Note added at 33 mins (2012-05-18 13:54:21 GMT)
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Wiki entry:
"Webster's camera captured the bat's method of skimming the surface of a body of water, and lowering its jaw to get just one drop of water. It then skims again to get a second drop of water, and so on, until it has had its fill of water. Its precision and control is very fine, and it almost never misses.[51] Other, such as the flying fox or fruit bat, gently skim the water's surface, then land nearby to lick water from their chest fur."
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Marlene Curtis
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Thanks Marlene.
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Georgia Morg (X)
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Thank you.
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Nick Taylor
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Thank you.
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thorax
peito => thorax
Pantologia. A new (cabinet) cyclopædia, by J.M. Good, O. Gregory, ... -
www.books.google.com/books?id=lNSzxLSFzu0C...John Mason Good, Olinthus Gilbert Gregory - 1819
In birds, the lungs, being pervious, admit the air through large holes into the cavity of the thorax. Bat in these there is a manifest space betwixt the lungs and the ...
Heterothermy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heterothermy
In many bat species, body temperature and metabolic rate are elevated only ... ("thorax") and metasoma ("abdomen"); heat is retained in the thorax and lost from ...
Pantologia. A new (cabinet) cyclopædia, by J.M. Good, O. Gregory, ... -
www.books.google.com/books?id=lNSzxLSFzu0C...John Mason Good, Olinthus Gilbert Gregory - 1819
In birds, the lungs, being pervious, admit the air through large holes into the cavity of the thorax. Bat in these there is a manifest space betwixt the lungs and the ...
Heterothermy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heterothermy
In many bat species, body temperature and metabolic rate are elevated only ... ("thorax") and metasoma ("abdomen"); heat is retained in the thorax and lost from ...
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Marilia Bittencourt
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agradeço
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XXXphxxx (X)
: I think 'thorax' is too biological in the context, this is not a dissection or description of the chest cavity, they're simply describing the chest colour.
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Discussion
BAT FACTS - USDA Forest Service
www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5303064.doc
The flatness of a bat's chest has advantages, particularly in entering small cracks. Scientists believe that from the beginning of their evolution bats sought out constricted hiding places. Species of bats that fly long distances in open country, instead of zigzagging through woodlands, have more powerful wing strokes produced by larger heavier muscles. Bats with this type of musculature include the Hoary Bat and the Mexican Free-tailed Bat. Most bats living in this area fly at 10-12 miles per hour for short bursts.