Glossary entry

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 aves
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.
Proposed translations (English)
4 +1 "wing mirror"
4 +1 alar speculum

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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 ...

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agree rir : http://www.finedictionary.com/speculum.html
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