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sækdyr

English translation: Tunicate or tunicata

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Danish term or phrase:sækdyr
English translation:Tunicate or tunicata
Entered by: Derringdo

14:16 Aug 23, 2006
Danish to English translations [PRO]
Biology (-tech,-chem,micro-)
Danish term or phrase: sækdyr
pighuder, sækdyr og havsnegle
Derringdo
Bulgaria
Tunicate or tunicata
Explanation:
Check this up on http://www.thefreedictionary.com/subphylum Tunicata
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Eliza-Anna
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:17
Grading comment
tak for hjælpen
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +3Tunicate or tunicata
Eliza-Anna
5 +2Urochordata (sea squirts)
Clare Barnes
5 -1pouch animals
lone (X)
4Ascidiacea
Daniella Dukes (X)


  

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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Tunicate or tunicata


Explanation:
Check this up on http://www.thefreedictionary.com/subphylum Tunicata


    Reference: http://thefreedictionary.com
Eliza-Anna
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:17
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
tak for hjælpen

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Suzanne Blangsted (X): Also from the dictionary "Biologiske fagtermer"
1 hr
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agree  Michele Fauble: tunicates or sea squirts
7 hrs
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agree  Dana Sackett Lössl: this is another name for Urochordata
17 hrs
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): -1
pouch animals


Explanation:
x


    Reference: http://www.wiresnr.org/Emergencyinformation.html
lone (X)
Canada
Local time: 02:17
Native speaker of: Danish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Daniella Dukes (X): Sorry - pretty sure s/he means creatures under the sea =)
3 hrs
neutral  Eliza-Anna: I think pouch animals are kangarooes etc, otherwise called marsupials and "pungdyr" in Danish.
21 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Urochordata (sea squirts)


Explanation:
Sea squirts...!


    Reference: http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/chordata/urochordata.html
    Reference: http://hjem.get2net.dk/lars_skipper/saekdyr1.htm
Clare Barnes
Sweden
Local time: 08:17
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Michele Fauble: tunicates or sea squirts
6 hrs
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agree  Dana Sackett Lössl: my encyclopedia gives this name first (then Tunicata) and then I found this link: www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/chordata/urochordata.html
15 hrs
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Ascidiacea


Explanation:
Ascidiacea (AKA Sea squirts) = Sækdyr.

As for pighuder, I believe the correct term would be Holothuroidea, this being a sub-category of sea cucumbers.

Havsnegle are simple enough - they are known as sea snails. =)
=) Hope that helped a bit.


    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_cucumber
    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascidiacea
Daniella Dukes (X)
Local time: 09:17
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in HebrewHebrew

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Dana Sackett Lössl: in my encyclopedia this is "søpunge," i.e. "en klasse af sækdyr
13 hrs
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