Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
espelho alar
English translation:
\"wing mirror\"
Added to glossary by
Maria Cristina Vasconcelos
Apr 4, 2015 17:32
9 yrs ago
Portuguese term
espelho alar
Portuguese to English
Science
Zoology
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Marreca-de-pé-vermelho – Brazilian teal
Características físicas: as marrecas-de-pés-vermelhos ... posterior do pescoço negra; possuem espelho alar variando entre o negro, o verde e o azul-brilhante, e duas manchas claras no rosto.
Características físicas: as marrecas-de-pés-vermelhos ... posterior do pescoço negra; possuem espelho alar variando entre o negro, o verde e o azul-brilhante, e duas manchas claras no rosto.
Proposed translations
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4 +1 | "wing mirror" | Muriel Vasconcellos |
4 +1 | alar speculum | Ana Vozone |
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"wing mirror"
https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0198040415
Department of Genetics University of Georgia Eugene M. McCarthy Post Doctoral Researcher, Athens - 2006 - Reference
X Anas erythrorhyncha [Red-billed Duck] CHR. ... While the Ringed Teal has a green “wing-mirror” and the Brazilian Teal a bronze one, the hybrid has a brillant ...
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Note added at 46 mins (2015-04-04 18:18:57 GMT)
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You don't need to put it in quotes, actually, and I wouldn't use a hyphen as it's not needed grammatically. It appears to be an old-fashioned term, but I found some modern references as well.
Mallard Duck - WILD Jaeger
wildjaeger.com/?p=2877
May 31, 2012 - Mallard Duck. ... **The only distinctive feature is the wing mirror, which corresponds to the male**. Figure 1 Photo Erpel. Figure 1 “'Photo” Mallard ...
Forest and Stream - Volume 91 - Page 419 - Google Books Result
https://books.google.com/books?id=x1nlAAAAMAAJ
1921 - Birds
... darkest on upper parts ; wing coverts pale blue ; **wing mirror green with white** ... The cinnamon teal is one of the very few varieties of our ducks which I have ...
https://books.google.com/books?id=WVYYAAAAYAAJ
Selma Lagerlöf, Velma Swanston Howard - 1915 - Conduct of life
They were undoubtedly related to the ordinary ducks; for, like these, they too had ... **the wing-mirror shimmered in green, red, and black**; the wing-tips were black, ...
Zoological Society Bulletin
https://books.google.com/books?id=-LFJAAAAYAAJ
New York Zoological Society - 1901 - Zoology
A few words as to the kind of ducks to procure. ... and **the delicate blue in the wing-mirror of the blue-winged teal (Anas discors)** is a tint seldom found in nature.
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Note added at 49 mins (2015-04-04 18:21:44 GMT)
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Here are some contemporary references:
Eurasian teal subspeciesja - WiKi - MYWiKi-EN
en.labtud.com/article-7269983-1.html
Mar 6, 2015 - Eurasian teal subspeciesja ,MYWiKi-EN. ... wings with a male and a similar but **smaller wing mirror** some white feathers dark brown with narrow ...
www.birdforum.net/archive/index.php?t-82883.html
Apr 8, 2007 - 5 posts - 3 authors
The duck in the photoes was photographed last month at a park ner ... The **purple wing mirror** and green head fits quite well on Mallard, this has ...
Department of Genetics University of Georgia Eugene M. McCarthy Post Doctoral Researcher, Athens - 2006 - Reference
X Anas erythrorhyncha [Red-billed Duck] CHR. ... While the Ringed Teal has a green “wing-mirror” and the Brazilian Teal a bronze one, the hybrid has a brillant ...
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Note added at 46 mins (2015-04-04 18:18:57 GMT)
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You don't need to put it in quotes, actually, and I wouldn't use a hyphen as it's not needed grammatically. It appears to be an old-fashioned term, but I found some modern references as well.
Mallard Duck - WILD Jaeger
wildjaeger.com/?p=2877
May 31, 2012 - Mallard Duck. ... **The only distinctive feature is the wing mirror, which corresponds to the male**. Figure 1 Photo Erpel. Figure 1 “'Photo” Mallard ...
Forest and Stream - Volume 91 - Page 419 - Google Books Result
https://books.google.com/books?id=x1nlAAAAMAAJ
1921 - Birds
... darkest on upper parts ; wing coverts pale blue ; **wing mirror green with white** ... The cinnamon teal is one of the very few varieties of our ducks which I have ...
https://books.google.com/books?id=WVYYAAAAYAAJ
Selma Lagerlöf, Velma Swanston Howard - 1915 - Conduct of life
They were undoubtedly related to the ordinary ducks; for, like these, they too had ... **the wing-mirror shimmered in green, red, and black**; the wing-tips were black, ...
Zoological Society Bulletin
https://books.google.com/books?id=-LFJAAAAYAAJ
New York Zoological Society - 1901 - Zoology
A few words as to the kind of ducks to procure. ... and **the delicate blue in the wing-mirror of the blue-winged teal (Anas discors)** is a tint seldom found in nature.
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Note added at 49 mins (2015-04-04 18:21:44 GMT)
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Here are some contemporary references:
Eurasian teal subspeciesja - WiKi - MYWiKi-EN
en.labtud.com/article-7269983-1.html
Mar 6, 2015 - Eurasian teal subspeciesja ,MYWiKi-EN. ... wings with a male and a similar but **smaller wing mirror** some white feathers dark brown with narrow ...
www.birdforum.net/archive/index.php?t-82883.html
Apr 8, 2007 - 5 posts - 3 authors
The duck in the photoes was photographed last month at a park ner ... The **purple wing mirror** and green head fits quite well on Mallard, this has ...
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alar speculum
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