sessile rabbit flea

Portuguese translation: pulga do coelho

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English term or phrase:sessile rabbit flea
Portuguese translation:pulga do coelho
Entered by: Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida

21:14 Mar 8, 2011
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Medical - Livestock / Animal Husbandry / Parasitology
English term or phrase: sessile rabbit flea
The text is about diseases caused by ectoparasites and fleas as vectors for myxomatosis virus.

Diagnosis (fleas)
Sessile rabbit fleas may be seen on the head and ears
Mariageni
Local time: 19:50
pulga do coelho
Explanation:
Diria assim em PT(pt), espero que seja útil
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Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
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Local time: 23:50
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Summary of answers provided
4pulgas que vivem em coelhos/atacam coelhos
Andre Damasceno
4pulga do coelho
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
3pulga sedentária de coelho
Marcos Antonio


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pulgas que vivem em coelhos/atacam coelhos


Explanation:
pulgas que vivem em coelhos/atacam coelhos

Andre Damasceno
Brazil
Local time: 19:50
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Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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pulga do coelho


Explanation:
Diria assim em PT(pt), espero que seja útil

Example sentence(s):
  • Em certos casos, o ciclo da pulga depende inteiramente do comportamento e do ciclo sexo-hormonal do hospedeiro, como é o caso da pulga do coelho europeu
  • devido a serem vectores do bacilo Yersina pestis e com a pulga-do-coelho que é o principal vector da mixomatose na Europa

    Reference: http://www.biomania.com.br/bio/conteudo.asp?cod=3176
    Reference: http://www.infopedia.pt/$pulga
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Portugal
Local time: 23:50
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 56
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Obrigada!
Notes to answerer
Asker: Li o texto de Marcos Antonio, muito interessante, e me parece que o termo "pulga-do-coelho" é o mais acertado. Uma pulga espécie-específica, que só se fixa no coelho e foi assim denominada.

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pulga sedentária de coelho


Explanation:
Sug.

Diria assim. Considerando que as pulgas são sedentárias em relação aos coelhos.


sessile - Simple English Wiktionary - [ Traduzir esta página ]15 Jul 2008 ... (zoology) If an animal is sessile it is attached to something (such as a rock or the ground). It cannot leave what it is attached too. ...
simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/sessile

Sessile
- adjective
1. Botany . attached by the base, or without any distinct projecting support, as a leaf issuing directly from the stem.
2. Zoology . permanently attached; not freely moving.


Sessile
- : attached directly by the base : not raised upon a stalk or peduncle <a sessile leaf> <sessile bubbles>
2: permanently attached or established : not free to move about <sessile sponges and coral polyps>

-sedentário
adj sedentário, sedentária [sədẽ'tarju, sədẽ'tarjɐ]
1 que não exige movimento sédentaire
um trabalho sedentário un travail sédentaire
2 que não pratica exercício sédentaire
uma vida sedentária une vie sédentaire
3 que vive sempre no mesmo sítio
pt.thefreedictionary.com/sedentária

Marcos Antonio
Local time: 19:50
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PRO pts in category: 24
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Asker: Muito interessante!

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