centinela
English translation: sentry / guard
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| Spanish to English translations [PRO] Science - Botany / cactus | |||||
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|  Selected response from: Sheila Hardie Spain Local time: 15:45 | ||||
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| 4 +2 | Saguaro: sentry of the desert |
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sentry / guard Explanation: I think they are simply comparing it to a guard / sentry due to the shape of this species of cactus. The saguaro cactus can look like a human figure. Here are a few references to the use of the word 'sentry' in reference to this cactus. HTH Sheila The Long Arm of the Saguaro - National Zoo| FONZ Hawks and owls use saguaro column tops as sentry points to peer for prey across the wide expanse of the desert. Red-tailed hawks (Buteo jamaicensis) also ... nationalzoo.si.edu/Publications/ZooGoer/2005/1/saguaro.cfm - 29k - Cached - Similar pages Food GPS A living Saguaro stands sentry to the left of the entrance. Indoors, the adobe-walled steakhouse is high-class, with white tablecloths and a nattily attired ... foodgps.blogspot.com/ - 103k - Cached - Similar pages Lightning Photographs A Photo Gallery by Steven Noyes at pbase.com Sentry in the Night (Saguaro/Lightning), Light Strike 7 rejected Light Strike 7 rejected. Lightning Strike 2 rejected Lightning Strike 2 rejected ... www.pbase.com/snoyes/lightning_pre_2005 - 20k - Cached - Similar pages Arizona-Sonora Desert [email protected] The eastern section of Saguaro National Park starts a mile or so past the ... tall saguaro cacti, standing silent sentry (and occasionally waving hello). ... www.everything2.com/index.pl?node=Arizona-Sonora Desert Mus... - 46k - Cached - Similar pages South Mountain Park Pictures - South Mountain 4 South Mountain Park Picture 4 of 10. South Mountain Park. A saguaro cactus stands sentry over downtown Phoenix, Arizona. ... phoenix.about.com/library/blsouthmountain04.htm - 27k - Cached - Similar pages |
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peer agreement (net): +2Saguaro: sentry of the desert Explanation: Hi, I was lucky enough to visit the Saguaro National Park and the Arizona-Sonoran Desert Museum, located, evidently, at the Sonoran Desert, near Tucson, Arizona a couple of months ago. Thoroughout the visit you can see how the people refer to the gorgeous, ancient cacti as being the "Sentries of the Desert". Perhaps in Mexico they do call them "Centinelas", but this is not an official name. Taking into account your context, which I understand is a photograph with a title, I'd go with "Saguaro: sentry of the desert", which sounds quite poetic, as I imagine the photo is. http://www.friendsofsaguaro.org/welcome.html http://www.desertusa.com/mag98/dec/stories/desmuseum.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saguaro Just as trivia, for a cactus to get as tall as the ones shown in the pictures, they have to live dozens, and sometimes hundreds of years (they don't grow arms until they are 60-70 years old). Here's the development of the cactus: http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node=saguaro cactus and http://storytrail.com/SabinoCanyon/sag.html |
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