Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
animali sinantropi
English translation:
synanthropic animals
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Simona de Logu
Oct 2, 2016 10:21
7 yrs ago
Italian term
animali sinantropi
Italian to English
Science
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animals
This is from a text on the contamination of sandboxes in public areas. "Animali sinantropi" are not pets but the kind of animals that don't belong to humans but share space with humans like pidgeons, mice, rats etc.
Ad alcune sabbiere appartenenti a strutture scolastiche possono avere accesso animali sinantropi come piccioni e gatti viventi in libertà, mentre nei parchi pubblici non è inoltre escludibile l'accesso di cani con conseguente contaminazione fecale della sabbia.
I need the exact English term.
Many thanks!
Ad alcune sabbiere appartenenti a strutture scolastiche possono avere accesso animali sinantropi come piccioni e gatti viventi in libertà, mentre nei parchi pubblici non è inoltre escludibile l'accesso di cani con conseguente contaminazione fecale della sabbia.
I need the exact English term.
Many thanks!
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Fiona Grace Peterson
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synanthropic animals
Broad patterns in domestic vector-borne Trypanosoma cruzi transmission dynamics: synanthropic animals and vector controltransmission to humans. Here, we ask, (1) do synanthropic animals need to be targeted in Chagas disease prevention policies?, and (2) how does the presence of animals affect the efficacy of vector control?"
https://parasitesandvectors.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synanthrope
https://parasitesandvectors.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synanthrope
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(a) synanthrope
wikipedia, if reliable for you
without "animal" just "a synanthrope, apparently
without "animal" just "a synanthrope, apparently
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synanthropic/synanthrope animals
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philgoddard
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wild animals
You haven't said what kind of text this is, but unless it's a scholarly piece for zoologists, no one will know what synanthropic means.
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Anthony Green
: sorry Phil, just read your explanation, though wild animals may be a little too broad. Some more context would help
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"The kind of animals that don't belong to humans but share space with humans like pigeons, mice, rats etc". I would call them wild animals.
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Anthony Green
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feral animals
when describing animals which - as appears to be the case here - are descended from domesticated forebears, such as cats and pigeons, though this of course specifically excludes foxes and other urban wildlife such as hedgehogs, badgers etc. then the correct word is without doubt "feral", which is a technical word which I believe any layman interested in ecology would understand, whereas I feel synanthropic is far too technical.
Otherwise I would use "urban wildlife" I suppose
Otherwise I would use "urban wildlife" I suppose
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Iacopo Sbrolli
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synanthropes
La definizione che ne dà la wikipedia inglese è pressoché identica:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synanthrope
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Note added at 2 days21 hrs (2016-10-05 07:59:21 GMT)
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The word synanthrope frequently refers to an animal:
http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.201...
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/synanthrope
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synanthrope
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Note added at 2 days21 hrs (2016-10-05 07:59:21 GMT)
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The word synanthrope frequently refers to an animal:
http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.201...
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/synanthrope
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EleoE
: A synanthrope could also be a plant. You need to specify.
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It could, but it generally refers to an animal(http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/synanthrope).
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