Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
la carne lavada
English translation:
clean/cleaned carcases (pecked bare)
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Rachel Fell
Aug 11, 2007 23:25
16 yrs ago
Spanish term
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la carne lavada
Spanish to English
Science
Zoology
Ornithology // Birds of prey
This comes from what is apparently a proverb within falconry circles:
“La carne lavada y las piedras harán volar a la rapaz.”
“La carne lavada y las piedras harán volar a la rapaz.”
Proposed translations
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| 3 | clean carcases |
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Change log
Aug 16, 2007 07:34: Rachel Fell changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/55340">Robert Forstag's</a> old entry - "la carne lavada"" to ""clean carcases //washed-out carcasses ""
Apr 15, 2008 13:03: Rachel Fell changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/100794">Rachel Fell's</a> old entry - "la carne lavada"" to ""clean/cleaned carcases ""
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clean carcases
from logic... don't know any related proverbs
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Note added at 4 days (2007-08-16 07:36:57 GMT) Post-grading
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Thank you - I understood it as clean or cleaned as in picked clean as here by vultures: on carrion (animals that are already dead), soar with ease during much of the day, ... The next time you see a bunch of us cleaning up a carcase, ...
www.birdlifebotswana.org.bw/doc/fc_mar06.pdf
no meat left on the carcase, none on stones, so the birds fly in search of food
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Note added at 4 days (2007-08-16 07:36:57 GMT) Post-grading
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Thank you - I understood it as clean or cleaned as in picked clean as here by vultures: on carrion (animals that are already dead), soar with ease during much of the day, ... The next time you see a bunch of us cleaning up a carcase, ...
www.birdlifebotswana.org.bw/doc/fc_mar06.pdf
no meat left on the carcase, none on stones, so the birds fly in search of food
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Logic wins the day. Thank you, Rachel."
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