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Poepvis

English translation: poop-eating fish

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Dutch term or phrase:Poepvis
English translation:poop-eating fish
Entered by: philgoddard

07:39 Jul 26, 2012
Dutch to English translations [PRO]
Zoology / name of a type of fish
Dutch term or phrase: Poepvis
I am hoping that someone will be able to shed some light here. I think that this might be an expression or the like, but I am not sure...

Does anybody know what "Poepvis" means?
DebbieKleynhans
Local time: 20:08
fish that eats poo(p)
Explanation:
The glossary entry, and discussion posts, are wrong.

'Poepvis' does NOT mean tilapia (which is the same in Dutch) or catfish (which is 'meerval'). These are examples of fish that eat poo (UK) or poop (US).

I'm not sure how you were able to make a glossary entry without waiting 24 hours and awarding points.

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Note added at 1 hr (2012-07-26 09:04:13 GMT)
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Here's the context provided by the asker:

'This is a document about Christianity. The sentence is as follows: "Is poepvis. Wij eten geen poepvis."'
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philgoddard
United States
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Summary of answers provided
5 +2fish that eats poo(p)
philgoddard
Summary of reference entries provided
on the www
writeaway

Discussion entries: 12





  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
fish that eats poo(p)


Explanation:
The glossary entry, and discussion posts, are wrong.

'Poepvis' does NOT mean tilapia (which is the same in Dutch) or catfish (which is 'meerval'). These are examples of fish that eat poo (UK) or poop (US).

I'm not sure how you were able to make a glossary entry without waiting 24 hours and awarding points.

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Note added at 1 hr (2012-07-26 09:04:13 GMT)
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Here's the context provided by the asker:

'This is a document about Christianity. The sentence is as follows: "Is poepvis. Wij eten geen poepvis."'

philgoddard
United States
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
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Asker: Hello Phil, thank you for your suggesttion. I see that you have removed your question from the discussion. You are acutally right, those were examples of fish that eat excrement. Would you say that "coprophagous" (Feeding on excrement:) is a more approriate term?

Asker: Edit: - Hello Phil, thank you for your suggestion. I see that you have removed your post from the discussion. You are actually right in saying that those were examples of fish that eat excrement. Would you say that "coprophagous" (Feeding on excrement:) is a more approriate term?


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Erik Boers: Given the context, I would say "poo(p)-eating fish".
59 mins
  -> Yes, that would work.
neutral  writeaway: we have NO clue as to the register of the actual text. what is wrong with using the scientific name? if Asker has already entered it in the gloss, there must be a reason..... /of course poep is colloquial. that's not the point.
1 hr
  -> We know exactly what the register of the text is. Poep is a slang word.
agree  Danielle Boelema: I agree. I, however would use the plural, i.e. "fish that eat poo(p)" or, as Erik said "poo(p)-eating fish".
6 hrs
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Reference comments


2 hrs
Reference: on the www

Reference information:
5.2.4 pleco - Aquarium Information - Alternative Fishkeeping
www.fishyou.com/fish-pleco.php
The pleco has several names, the best one of them 'janitor fish'. Some unflattering names include 'poo eating fish', sucker etc. They are a type of catfish.

GSA Day 2 | Updates from the Paleontology Lab
vmnhpaleontology.wordpress.com/2010/03/15/gsa-day-2/
15 Mar 2010 – ... around on the bottom and picked up various bits of detritus, and that were apparently partially eaten by coprophagous (poo-eating) fish.

writeaway
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Note to reference poster
Asker: Thank you, writeaway.

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