Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
serenide > sirenide
English translation:
sirenian
Added to glossary by
Rachel Fell
Oct 4, 2008 20:21
16 yrs ago
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serenide
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what kind of an animal is that? thanks so much
Proposed translations
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| 3 +2 | sirenian |
Rachel Fell
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Change log
Oct 8, 2008 10:30: Rachel Fell changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/14862">Maria Burnett's</a> old entry - "serenide"" to ""sirenian""
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sirenian
difficult to know without context, but may be a typo for "sirenide"
manatees and dugongs
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirenia
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Note added at 14 hrs (2008-10-05 10:23:06 GMT)
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There are also aquatic salamanders called si|rè|ni|de - anfibio anguilliforme della famiglia dei Sirenidi, prevalentemente acquatico, diffuso nelle regioni sudorientali e centrali degli Stati Uniti e nel Messico nordorientale | pl. con iniz. maiusc., famiglia dell’ordine degli Urodeli - De Mauro
fam. Sirenoidea -sirens in Eng.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siren_(amphibian)
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Note added at 21 hrs (2008-10-05 17:58:02 GMT)
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... which is what Mirra answered (sorry, I forgot when I saw one or two comments earlier in the clarifications bit)
manatees and dugongs
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirenia
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Note added at 14 hrs (2008-10-05 10:23:06 GMT)
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There are also aquatic salamanders called si|rè|ni|de - anfibio anguilliforme della famiglia dei Sirenidi, prevalentemente acquatico, diffuso nelle regioni sudorientali e centrali degli Stati Uniti e nel Messico nordorientale | pl. con iniz. maiusc., famiglia dell’ordine degli Urodeli - De Mauro
fam. Sirenoidea -sirens in Eng.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siren_(amphibian)
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Note added at 21 hrs (2008-10-05 17:58:02 GMT)
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... which is what Mirra answered (sorry, I forgot when I saw one or two comments earlier in the clarifications bit)
Peer comment(s):
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Science451
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Thank you Science451
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Alessandra Renna
: yes, sirenia. Sirenidi usually refer to mammals in Italian. But more context would be useful
12 hrs
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Thank you Alessandra - yes
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Lionel_M (X)
: So the question would be SIREnidi and not SEREnide?//Yes, that would make sense Rachel
19 hrs
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I suggested it might be a typo
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Discussion
-serendide as an animal does not exist (at least I don't remember anything like that in my zoological studies)
-I could only think about a new kind of benzodiazepine but the Asker says it's an animal,so...;)
Serenidi is not an animal in Italian and both Mirra and Rachel answered for sirenidi