dogbird

Arabic translation: الطائر الكلب/الطائر النابح

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English term or phrase:dogbird
Arabic translation:الطائر الكلب/الطائر النابح
Entered by: Nadia Ayoub

13:22 Nov 11, 2010
English to Arabic translations [PRO]
Zoology / birds
English term or phrase: dogbird
It is the name of a novel with a picture of a bird on the cover .
Omnia Abdelgani
Local time: 20:57
الطائر الكلب/الطائر النابح
Explanation:
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/s/paul-stewart/dogbird-and...
WOOF! Alice's new pet budgie doesn't speak. It barks! But what do you do with a barking budgie? OINK! Albert's grandmother warns him of the curse of the were-pig. Will he grow a curly tail when the sun comes out? RIBBIT! Grandad wonders if the croaking frog in the garden is an enchanted prince. Looby thinks maybe she'll give the frog just a tiny kiss . . .
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Nadia Ayoub
Egypt
Local time: 20:57
Grading comment
اعتقد ان كلمة النابح هي الانسب لسياق القصة . شكرا جزيلا
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4 +2الطائر الكلب/الطائر النابح
Nadia Ayoub
5الكلب الطائر
samah A. fattah


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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
الطائر الكلب/الطائر النابح


Explanation:
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/s/paul-stewart/dogbird-and...
WOOF! Alice's new pet budgie doesn't speak. It barks! But what do you do with a barking budgie? OINK! Albert's grandmother warns him of the curse of the were-pig. Will he grow a curly tail when the sun comes out? RIBBIT! Grandad wonders if the croaking frog in the garden is an enchanted prince. Looby thinks maybe she'll give the frog just a tiny kiss . . .


Nadia Ayoub
Egypt
Local time: 20:57
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 24
Grading comment
اعتقد ان كلمة النابح هي الانسب لسياق القصة . شكرا جزيلا

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  TAKOAS (X)
2 hrs
  -> Many thanks Abdel Rahim :)

neutral  samah A. fattah: ليس النابح
6 hrs
  -> The quote I have inserted says it barks!

agree  Amira A Wahab: الطائر الكلب
8 hrs
  -> Many thanks Amira :)
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
الكلب الطائر


Explanation:
The dogbird is an old cantankerous old 'geezer' of an animal.

Notorious for its laser paws and dragon-like, albeit 2 inch, wings. Approach with caution, deal with salt, barter in butter, scatter in batter, give a dog a bone, this old man came rolling home.


    Reference: http://wackypedia.wikia.com/wiki/Dogbird
samah A. fattah
Egypt
Local time: 20:57
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
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