havsborrsmask

English translation: polychaetes

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Swedish term or phrase:havsborrsmask
English translation:polychaetes
Entered by: Sébastien Ricciardi

10:59 Oct 30, 2008
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Environment & Ecology / sea animals
Swedish term or phrase: havsborrsmask
Some kind of animal living in the sea...

På grundare vatten, där de starka strömmarna tar över och ålgräset inte får fäste, lever istället havsborrsmasken.

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Sébastien Ricciardi
France
Local time: 16:27
polychaetes
Explanation:
I typo, should read "havsborstmask". That's not a single species but a class of annelids, called polychaetes or Polychaeta.

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Note added at 8 mins (2008-10-30 11:07:59 GMT)
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http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Havsborstmaskar

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polychaeta
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Karin and Folke Nettelblad (Folia Textproduktion HB)
Sweden
Local time: 16:27
Grading comment
wow, thanks ! I thought it was "crab" or sth....
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2polychaetes
Karin and Folke Nettelblad (Folia Textproduktion HB)
5havsborstmask = polychaete
George Hopkins


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
polychaetes


Explanation:
I typo, should read "havsborstmask". That's not a single species but a class of annelids, called polychaetes or Polychaeta.

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Note added at 8 mins (2008-10-30 11:07:59 GMT)
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http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Havsborstmaskar

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polychaeta

Karin and Folke Nettelblad (Folia Textproduktion HB)
Sweden
Local time: 16:27
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
wow, thanks ! I thought it was "crab" or sth....

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Graham Timmins: agree, would use 'polychaete worms' though as it's hardly an everyday word, gives the non-specialist reader a clue
29 mins

agree  Anna Herbst: However, if you want a non-scientific name, call them bristleworms - ref. http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/annelida/polyintro.html
12 hrs
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
havsborstmask = polychaete


Explanation:
Typing error.

George Hopkins
Local time: 16:27
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 5
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