Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

mecha

English translation:

fibre length

Added to glossary by Ana Brause
May 16, 2005 10:58
19 yrs ago
Spanish term

mecha

Spanish to English Tech/Engineering Livestock / Animal Husbandry
Descripción del vellón: Largo de mecha, volumen, color,etc
Thanks in advance!! :o)

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fibre length

[PDF] 82037 KONGRO 48-65 FINALFile Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
... below 20µm, sheep lose eight per cent of their. fleece weight on average. ... clean fleece weight because fibre length and ...
www.csiro.au/proprietaryDocuments/ FleeceWeightJuly2004.pdf - Similar pages

Woolwise.com... fibre diameter and fibre length that may influence fleece weight are described. ... sample for estimating the fleece (or sheep) average is discussed. ...
www.woolwise.com/topiclist.asp?ID=6 - 16k - 14 May 2005 - Cached - Similar pages


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[PDF] 1996 Newman and Patterson: Variation in fleece characterisitics ...File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
... (1959) found considerable variation in fibre length in ... nents of the greasy fleece over the body of Merino sheep. Atcsfral- ...
www.alpaca.org.nz/ab96094.pdf - Similar pages


Blackwell Grange: British Vendéen Sheep Flock... being of a fine down type and very uniform in fibre length, ... The staple length is 5 to 7 cm and the average UK fleece weighs 3.5kg per sheep. ...
www.blackwellgrange.co.uk/sheep.shtml - 18k - 15 May 2005 - Cached - Similar pages

Peer comment(s):

agree cmwilliams (X)
1 min
Thank you.
agree Arcoiris : this makes more sense than mine!
5 mins
Thank you Apricitas :-)
agree Linda Tyrer (X)
1 hr
Thank you.
agree Rachel Fell
7 hrs
Thanks Rachel
agree Muriel Vasconcellos
12 hrs
Thank you Muriel.
agree David Brown : this is the term used in veterinary science
19 hrs
Many thanks David.
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2 mins

pile

pile length... in UK
for example in a carpet.

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I am so sorry!!!!
I didn\'t see that it\'s to do with animal hair
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9 mins

fleece hair

Oxford Dictionary

mecha f
1 a (de una vela) wick
b (de armas, explosivos) fuse; mecha de seguridad safety fuse; mecha lenta slow fuse; aguantar mecha (fam) to grin and bear
it, stand the gaff (AmE colloq); a toda mecha (fam) like greased lightning (colloq), like the clappers (BrE)
c (RPl) (broca) bit
2 (Coc) piece of bacon/ham (used for larding or stuffing)
3 mechas fpl
a (en peluquería) highlights (pl); hacerse mechas to have highlights put in
b (AmL fam) (pelo): ¡mira cómo tienes las mechas! look at the state of your hair! (colloq), your hair’s a bit of a mess! (colloq); la
agarró de las mechas she grabbed her by the hair; ser tieso de mechas (CS fam) to be pigheaded (colloq); ser tirado de las
mechas (CS fam) to be ridiculous

Mike :)

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Shorn and Shaven... (Song of Solomon 4:2) it compares teeth to a flock of sheep that are shorn. ... To remove (fleece, hair, or the like) by cutting or clipping with a ...
www.spiritualabuse.org/hair/shorn.html - 25k - May 14, 2005 - Cached - Similar pages


Tiny Dolls, made-to-order at MotherandDaughters.com... They are then wrapped in a bit of sheep\'s fleece to make them soft and to give them ... Dolls can be given fleece hair. (The one in orange and yellow is ...
www.motheranddaughters.com/dolls.htm - 8k - Cached - Similar pages


3H Craftworks | About Us... Red velveteen with yellow polar fleece hair and gold stars, beads and braid. ... glued and stuffed felt figures of a cow, horse, duck, pig, and sheep. ...
www.3hcraftworks.com/toys.shtml - 26k - Cached - Similar pages


A Child\'s Dream Come True - Celebrations All Year Round ...... Each kit makes one 7\" long fluffy sheep. Colors vary. Includes needles, wool and ... A cute acorn cap and wool fleece hair top off her handpainted face. ...
www.achildsdream.com/celebrations/spring/spring_fun.htm - 31k - Cached - Similar pages


Hawthorne Cottage Yarns... dyed knitting yarns and fleece – English Leicester Corriedale Merino sheep ... KITS (dyed yarn, dyed fleece hair, calico stuffed doll, instructions, ...
users.netconnect.com.au/~hawthorn/ - 140k - Cached - Similar pages


Fly Angler\'s OnLine \"Fly Tying Terms - A - F\"... Angora sheep - A soft long fleece wool. Angora rabbit - A very soft fleece hair. Both are used as body material in fly tying. Antron: ...
www.flyanglersonline.com/flytying/tyingterms/ - 9k - Cached - Similar pages


accessories .:. The Wool Shack Knitting Store of Australia... Sheep Needle Gauge Sheep Tape Measures Silk Crochet Case ... Hand crafted in felt, with outrageous fleece hair & knitted or felt clothes. ...
www.thewoolshack.com/accessories. htm?action=detail&ID=80 - 32k - Cached - Similar pages


[PDF] Red Meat Safety & Clean LivestockFile Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
... By direct contact between contaminated fleece/hair and. muscles ... Clean Sheep for Slaughter - a guide for farmers - FSA/0272/9999 ...
www.food.gov.uk/multimedia/pdfs/redmeatsafety.pdf - Similar pages


:: Dorper Sheep Business ::Dorper sheep in summary: *Easy keepers / low maintenance costs *Shed fleece/hair - shearing not required *Non selective grazers ...
www.joleodorpers.com/site/sheep.php?rnd=1058298316 - 15k - Cached - Similar pages





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Oxford

vellón m
1 a (piel) sheepskin
b (de lana) fleece
2 a (aleación de plata y cobre) copper and silver alloy
b (moneda) old copper coin
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4 hrs

long fibers

Lardo de mecha, literalmente "the fleece is long fibered" or has "long fibers".
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7 hrs

deep pile

"Deep" means that the lenght of pile is long.
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