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Chinche del campo

English translation: true bug

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Spanish term or phrase:Chinche del campo
English translation:true bug
Entered by: Henrique Serra

17:43 Apr 15, 2004
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Science - Zoology / Insects
Spanish term or phrase: Chinche del campo
Listado de insectos donde aparecen las diferentes denominaciones, sin referencia alguna a los mismos
Pedro Monreal Marmol
Spain
Local time: 08:00
true bug
Explanation:
a chinche is a true bug, or member of the Order Hemiptera, Suborder Heteroptera
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Henrique Serra
United States
Local time: 00:00
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Thanks!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +1true bug
Henrique Serra
2 -1bed bug
Gabo Pena


  

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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
true bug


Explanation:
a chinche is a true bug, or member of the Order Hemiptera, Suborder Heteroptera


    experience: I am an entomologist
Henrique Serra
United States
Local time: 00:00
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 20
Grading comment
Thanks!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Andrés Martínez
5 days
  -> gracias, Urico
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34 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): -1
bed bug


Explanation:
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Note added at 2004-04-15 18:21:24 (GMT)
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Cimex lectularius Linnaeus (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cimicidae)

Gabo Pena
Local time: 23:00
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Henrique Serra: a bed bug is a very specific insect which lives in homes and feeds on human blood; this cannot be referred to as a field bug or chinche del campo.
5 days
  -> thanks!
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