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Giant darner

Spanish translation: libélula gigante (Anax walsinghami)

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English term or phrase:Giant darner
Spanish translation:libélula gigante (Anax walsinghami)
Entered by: Nina Halperin

02:35 Aug 21, 2020
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Science - Biology (-tech,-chem,micro-)
English term or phrase: Giant darner
Buenas noches,

No estoy segura de cuál sería el término más adecuado en español para "giant darner", el cual se refiere a un tipo de libélula. Según WordReference, la traducción al español de "darner" es "libélula"; sin embargo, parece que el "darner" es más bien una familia de libélulas (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeshnidae). Por eso, no creo que el término "libélula gigante" resulte adecuado. Gracias por la ayuda.

Saludos
Nina Halperin
Peru
Local time: 20:09
Zurcidora de Walsingham (Anax walsinghami)
Explanation:
La Giant darner (Anax walsinghami) es una libélula enorme, la más grande en el norte de América, aunque en Australia o China existen otras libélulas que la superan en tamaño (Petalura ingentissima, Tetracanthagyna plagiata). En castellano se traduce con frecuencia de forma literal (giant darner; libélula gigante), aunque personalmente utilizaría la denominación de Zurcidora de Walsingham, por muchos motivos.


libélula gigante (Anax walsinghami)
https://www.biopedia.com/libelula-verde-comun-junius-de-anax...

Español: Zurcidora de Walsingham
Inglés: Giant Darner
Inglés: Walsingham's Darner
Nombre científico: Anax walsinghami
https://colombia.inaturalist.org/taxa/67732-Anax-walsinghami

Zurcidora de Walsingham (Anax walsinghami)
https://www.argentinat.org/check_lists/75839-Odonata-of-Blan...

The Giant Darner is one of the largest dragonflies in the world. Manolis (2002) gives the maximum length and wingspan of males as 120mm (4.5 inches). In west Africa there is another Anax — A. tristis [Giant Emperor] — which has a body length of 115mm but a wingspan of 130mm (Silsby 2001). It is thus slightly shorter than our Giant Darner but with a greater wingspan. In Australia, Petalura ingentissima has a wingspan of up to 162mm and a body length up to 125mm, so it is even a bit larger. China's Tetracanthagyna plagiata can have even longer wings (up to 168mm) but does not surpass P. ingentissima in all respects (Silsby 2001). Our local Giant Darner is right up there with the really big boys.
http://creagrus.home.montereybay.com/odonates08.html
[The giant emperor (Anax imperator) is the biggest darner in Europe, with a similar wingspan to the Giant darner (120 mm) but much shorter body length (80 mm)]
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Chema Nieto Castañón
Spain
Local time: 03:09
Grading comment
¡Gracias Chema, como siempre!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1libélula gigante (Megaloprepus caerulatus)
Antonella Perazzoni
4libélula Austrophlebia costalis
Lara Garau
4darner gigante (verde)
David Hollywood
3Zurcidora de Walsingham (Anax walsinghami)
Chema Nieto Castañón


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libélula Austrophlebia costalis


Explanation:
algunas especies que tienen nombre común en inglés, no lo tienen en español. Yo lo.pondría de esta manera para asegurarme de que a simple vista se entienda que es una libélula, pero sin olvidar mencionar cuál específicamente.

Lara Garau
Argentina
Local time: 22:09
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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giant darner
darner gigante (verde)


Explanation:
Walsinghami anax es una especie de libélula en la familia Aeshnidae ... La especie se conoce generalmente como el "darner gigante" o "darner gigante verde".


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Note added at 1 hr (2020-08-21 04:23:25 GMT)
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Giant Darner (Anax walsinghami)

David Hollywood
Local time: 22:09
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 24
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giant darner
libélula gigante (Megaloprepus caerulatus)


Explanation:
Adjunto referencia de un artículo sobre El registro más septentrional de la libélula gigante neotropical Megaloprepus caerulatus en el continente Americano.

Example sentence(s):
  • Megaloprepus caerulatus (Drury, 1782) es actualmente la única especie conocida del género.

    https://scielo.conicyt.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-65382018000100090
Antonella Perazzoni
Argentina
Local time: 22:09
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Toni Castano: Lo he visto también como "libélula gigante neotropical".
22 mins
neutral  Chema Nieto Castañón: La M. caerulatus es una enormidad comparada con la Giant darner (Anax walsinghami), esta última la más grande de Norteamérica -y motivo por el que a la A. walsinghami se la denomina en EEUU "libélula gigante" (Giant darner)
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Zurcidora de Walsingham (Anax walsinghami)


Explanation:
La Giant darner (Anax walsinghami) es una libélula enorme, la más grande en el norte de América, aunque en Australia o China existen otras libélulas que la superan en tamaño (Petalura ingentissima, Tetracanthagyna plagiata). En castellano se traduce con frecuencia de forma literal (giant darner; libélula gigante), aunque personalmente utilizaría la denominación de Zurcidora de Walsingham, por muchos motivos.


libélula gigante (Anax walsinghami)
https://www.biopedia.com/libelula-verde-comun-junius-de-anax...

Español: Zurcidora de Walsingham
Inglés: Giant Darner
Inglés: Walsingham's Darner
Nombre científico: Anax walsinghami
https://colombia.inaturalist.org/taxa/67732-Anax-walsinghami

Zurcidora de Walsingham (Anax walsinghami)
https://www.argentinat.org/check_lists/75839-Odonata-of-Blan...

The Giant Darner is one of the largest dragonflies in the world. Manolis (2002) gives the maximum length and wingspan of males as 120mm (4.5 inches). In west Africa there is another Anax — A. tristis [Giant Emperor] — which has a body length of 115mm but a wingspan of 130mm (Silsby 2001). It is thus slightly shorter than our Giant Darner but with a greater wingspan. In Australia, Petalura ingentissima has a wingspan of up to 162mm and a body length up to 125mm, so it is even a bit larger. China's Tetracanthagyna plagiata can have even longer wings (up to 168mm) but does not surpass P. ingentissima in all respects (Silsby 2001). Our local Giant Darner is right up there with the really big boys.
http://creagrus.home.montereybay.com/odonates08.html
[The giant emperor (Anax imperator) is the biggest darner in Europe, with a similar wingspan to the Giant darner (120 mm) but much shorter body length (80 mm)]


Chema Nieto Castañón
Spain
Local time: 03:09
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 51
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¡Gracias Chema, como siempre!
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