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Vocabulary - Sonoran Desert
Vocabulario - Desierto Sonorense |
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| adapt; adaptation |
adaptar; adaptación f |
| alluvial fan |
bajada f |
| annual |
anual adj |
| arid; aridity |
árido adj; aridez f |
| aquifer |
acuífero |
| avoid |
evitar |
| basin (geology) |
cuenca f |
| bat |
murciélago m |
bighorn sheep
(Ovis canadensis ssp. nelsoni) |
borrego cimarrón m |
bobcat
(Lynx rufus ssp. peninsularis) |
gato montés m |
| browsing/foraging n; to browse/forage |
forraje m; forrajear |
| burrow |
madriguera f |
cactus
- Cardón (Pachycereus pringlei)
- Old Man (Stenocereus schottii)
- Organpipe (Stenocereus thurberi)
- Pincushion (Mammillaria spp.)
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cacto o cactus m
- cardón
- garambullo
- pitaya dulce
- viejita
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| caterpillar |
oruga f |
| cliff |
acantilado m |
coyote
(Canis latrans) |
coyote m |
| deciduous |
caduco, caducifolio |
| desert n; desert adj; |
desierto m; desértico (adj.) |
| diurnal |
diurno adj |
| diversity |
diversidad f |
| dormant |
hibernar; estar inactivo |
| drought |
sequía f |
| environment |
medioambiente m (also: medio ambiente) |
| ephemeral |
efímero adj |
| evaporation |
evaporación f |
| exudate |
emanación f |
| flood |
inundación f |
| foliage |
follaje m |
| fur |
pelaje m |
| gland |
glándula f |
| grade (up or downhill) |
cuesta f |
| ground squirrel |
juancito m (local Baja usage), ardilla f |
| gummy |
pegajoso adj |
| habitat, habitats |
hábitat m, los hábitats m pl |
| hair; hairy |
pelo m; peludo adj |
| herb |
hierba f |
| hibernate; hibernation |
hibernar; hibernación f |
| hill, peak |
cerro m, pico m |
| horned lizard, horny toad |
camaleón (cornudo) m |
| hummingbird |
chuparosa f, colibrí |
| hurricane |
huracán m |
| icecaps |
capas de hielo polares fpl; casquete glaciar m |
| jack rabbit (Lepus californicus) |
liebre de californica m |
kangaroo rat
(Dipodomys spp.) |
rata canguro f |
| landscape |
paisaje m |
| leaf |
hoja f |
| life cycle |
ciclo de vida m |
| lizard |
largarto m, lagartija f |
| moisture |
humedad f |
| moth |
mariposa nocturna, polilla f |
| nature |
naturaleza f |
| nocturnal |
nocturno adj |
| oasis n; oases npl |
oasis m; oases mpl |
| organism |
organismo m |
| península |
península f |
| perennial |
perenne adj |
| plain |
llano m |
| plateau |
mesa f |
pronghorn antelope
(Antilocapra americana ssp. peninsularis) |
berrendo m |
| rain/thunder storm |
chubasco m |
| rain shadow |
la sombra de lluvia f; a sotavento |
| rainfall |
precipitación (pluvial) f |
rattlesnake
(Crotalus spp.) |
cascabel f
serpiente de cascabel f |
| salt flat, drainage pan |
playa f |
| sap, juice |
savia f |
| slope, hillside |
ladera f |
| snake |
víbora, culebra, serpiente f |
| solar radiation |
radiación solar f |
| sphinx (hawk) moth |
mariposa esfinge f |
| spine, thorn |
espina f |
| stem |
tallo m |
| succulent |
suculento adj |
| survive; survival |
sobrevivir; sobrevivencia f |
tarantula
(Aphonopelma spp.) |
tarántula f |
| termite |
termita f |
| thrive |
crecer con fuerza |
trees and shrubs
|
árboles y arbustos m pl
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| wash, gully or stream |
arroyo m |
wasp (tarantula hawk wasp)
(Pepsis spp.) |
avispa (de tarántula) f |
| wax; waxy |
cera f; ceroso adj |
| wildlife |
fauna y flora f |
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