hábitos pouco conspícuos

English translation: species of few conspicuous habits

18:18 Jul 28, 2009
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Science - Biology (-tech,-chem,micro-)
Portuguese term or phrase: hábitos pouco conspícuos
espécies de hábitos pouco conspícuos
Thiago Capatti
Brazil
Local time: 13:12
English translation:species of few conspicuous habits
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5minor OR less conspicuous habits
Marlene Curtis
5barely conspicuous behavior
Patricia Soares
2 +2[insects with] few conspicuous habits
liz askew
3reserved behavior
Clauwolf
3species of few conspicuous habits
Paulo Eduardo - Pro Knowledge
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reserved behavior


Explanation:
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Clauwolf
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species of few conspicuous habits


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Paulo Eduardo - Pro Knowledge
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +2
[insects with] few conspicuous habits


Explanation:
BioOne Online Journals - Jaguar (Panthera onca) Food Habits in ...
We suggest that this predation probably reflected the more conspicuous habits and social organization of this species. The absence of both peccary species ...
www.bioone.org/bioone/?request=get-document&issn... - Similar
by RC Garla - 2001 - Cited by 17 - Related articles - All 7 versions

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Translation pouco/a in the Portuguese-English Collins dictionary
2 (pl) few, not many uns pouco/as a few, some poucas vezes rarely poucas crianças comem o que devem few children eat what they should ...
dictionary.reverso.net/english-portuguese/pouco/a - Similar

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sorry
don't know why I put insects - must have been the refs. I was looking at...anyway, obviously it should be species. Even I know that:-)

liz askew
United Kingdom
Local time: 17:12
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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35 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
minor OR less conspicuous habits


Explanation:
JSTOR: Some Irrelevant Behavior in Birds They were normal but irrelevant acts, substituted for relevant acts. Many minor, less conspicuous acts appear closely related to this type of behavior
links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0004...0.CO%3B2-K - Similar -
by AL Rand - 1943 - Cited by 2 - Related articles - All 2 versions



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The supererogatory, the foolish and the morally required 2 The class of supererogatory acts,. Urmson said, includes not only the noble deeds of saints and heroes, but also certain "less conspicuous" acts of ...
www.springerlink.com/index/XG16051047V574V4.pdf - Similar -
by B Curtis - 1981 - Cited by 5 - Related articles - All 2 versions

The poem as utterance - Google Books Result by R. A. York - 1986 - Literary Criticism - 214 pages
There are other discontinuities which are less conspicuous; ... or of the speech acts which form part of love, which eliminates the sense of the other as a ...
books.google.com/books?isbn=0416422608

Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 12:12
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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barely conspicuous behavior


Explanation:
JSTOR: Flora of Panama. Part IX. Family 166. Hydrophyllaceae - [ Traduzir esta página ]Capsule loculicidally and septicid- ally dehiscent; seeds small, brown, winged, the embryo barely conspicuous. 1957] FLORA OF PANAMA (Family 166. ...
links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0026...0.CO%3B2-P - Similares
de RE Woodson Jr - 1967


Urban Turbines Designed for the Windy City (and Others) - [ Traduzir esta página ]I hadn't heard of them and have been reading a lot about wind turbines lately. Those are ,b>barely conspicuous and could be used in every major city. ...
greenliving.about.com/.../urban-turbines-designed-for-the-windy-city-and-others.htm - Em cache - Similares

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Outra referência: http://books.google.com.br/books?id=75kHbOmiOd8C&pg=PA415&lp...


Tratam-se de hábitos pouco evidentes; difíceis de serem vistos normalmente

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Desculpem-me a distração: barely conspicuous HABITS e não behavior, conforme 'postado'.

Patricia Soares
Brazil
Local time: 13:12
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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Reference information:
it is the pocou bit that bothers me (I don't do Portuguese), but I think "conspicuous habits" fits

Flora of Australia - Google Books Result
by A S George, Australia, Bureau of Flora and ... - 1982
... there are far too few conspicuous and distinctive characters to make use of ... Grasses with stoloniferous or rhizomatous habits are especially well ...
books.google.co.uk/books?isbn=0643068031...

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BioOne Online Journals - Jaguar (Panthera onca) Food Habits in ...
We suggest that this predation probably reflected the more conspicuous habits and social organization of this species. The absence of both peccary species ...
www.bioone.org/bioone/?request=get-document&issn... - Similar
by RC Garla - 2001 - Cited by 17 - Related articles - All 7 versions

liz askew
United Kingdom
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 66
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