окрашена неприметно

English translation: inconspicuously colored

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Russian term or phrase:окрашенный неприметно
English translation:inconspicuously colored
Entered by: Andrew Vdovin

03:59 Jul 23, 2012
Russian to English translations [PRO]
Biology (-tech,-chem,micro-)
Russian term or phrase: окрашена неприметно
Эта птица немного крупнее воробья и окрашена неприметно: сидящую на камне у реки оляпку заметить достаточно сложно.
Andrew Vdovin
Local time: 11:36
inconspicuously colored
Explanation:
www.encyclopedia.com › ... › Animals › Vertebrate Zoology
The finches, which are considered the most highly developed of the birds, are ... are inconspicuously colored in dull grays and browns, but among the other, ...

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Note added at 10 mins (2012-07-23 04:09:42 GMT)
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books.google.com/books?isbn=3110106612...Thomas Scott - 1996 - Nature - 1287 pages
Female umbrellabirds are smaller and inconspicuously colored. ... Geoffrey Saint-Hilaire 1 809 (Amazonian umbrellabird or Ornate umbrella- bird; humid forests ...
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Andrey Belousov (X)
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Local time: 00:36
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Thanks everybody!!!
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4 +2inconspicuously colored
Andrey Belousov (X)
4inconspicuously colored / with inconspicuous coloring
Rachel Douglas


  

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inconspicuously colored


Explanation:
www.encyclopedia.com › ... › Animals › Vertebrate Zoology
The finches, which are considered the most highly developed of the birds, are ... are inconspicuously colored in dull grays and browns, but among the other, ...

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Note added at 10 mins (2012-07-23 04:09:42 GMT)
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books.google.com/books?isbn=3110106612...Thomas Scott - 1996 - Nature - 1287 pages
Female umbrellabirds are smaller and inconspicuously colored. ... Geoffrey Saint-Hilaire 1 809 (Amazonian umbrellabird or Ornate umbrella- bird; humid forests ...

Andrey Belousov (X)
United States
Local time: 00:36
Native speaker of: Russian
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
Thanks everybody!!!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Rachel Douglas: Oops, I was fiddling around with pix of European Common Dippers, while you were getting to work and posting.
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agree  MariyaN (X)
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
inconspicuously colored / with inconspicuous coloring


Explanation:
The first way is more common for describing birds, but the second word order might fit better into your sentence as a whole.

Rachel Douglas
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Native speaker of: English
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