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/ˈhɔːrsˌteɪlz/ /ˈhɔːrsˌtʰeɪlz/

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Cola de caballo

The tail of a horse.

Examples :

"The little girl braided colorful ribbons into the horsetails of her pony. "

La niña pequeña trenzó cintas de colores en la cola de caballo de su pony.

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Cola de caballo

Any of various simple vascular plants, of the order Equisetales, that have hollow stems and produce spores.

Examples :

"Along the wet ditch, we saw patches of horsetails, their hollow stems standing tall like miniature green bamboo. "

A lo largo de la zanja húmeda, vimos parches de cola de caballo, con sus tallos huecos erguidos como bambú verde en miniatura.

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Cola de caballo, insignia de rango

A Turkish standard denoting rank.

Examples :

"Commanders were distinguished by the number of horsetails carried before them. The sultan had seven, the grand vizier five, and the pashas three, two, or one."

Los comandantes se distinguían por el número de colas de caballo que se llevaban delante de ellos. El sultán tenía siete, el gran visir cinco y los pachás tres, dos o uno.

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Cola de caballo

A mare's tail, a water plant in genus Hippuris.

Examples :

"The pond's edge was thick with horsetails, their slender green stalks reaching towards the sunlight. "

El borde del estanque estaba lleno de cola de caballo, con sus delgados tallos verdes extendiéndose hacia la luz del sol.

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Cascada cuya agua descendente mantiene contacto con la roca madre la mayor parte del tiempo

Any waterfall, the descending water of which maintains contact with bedrock most of the time.

Examples :

"After a light rain, the cascade became a series of delicate horsetails, clinging to the mossy cliff face. "

Después de una lluvia ligera, la cascada se convirtió en una serie de delicadas cascadas, aferradas a la cara rocosa cubierta de musgo.

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Cola de caballo, haz de fibras nerviosas

Cauda equina, a bundle of nerve fibers.

Examples :

"After the car accident, the doctor examined the patient's horsetails (bundle of nerve fibers at the base of the spinal cord) to check for nerve damage in the legs and feet. "

Después del accidente automovilístico, el médico examinó la cola de caballo del paciente (haz de fibras nerviosas en la base de la médula espinal) para verificar si había daño nervioso en las piernas y los pies.

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Cola de caballo

A ponytail hairstyle.

Examples :

"My daughter wore a neat horsetails to her school dance. "

Mi hija usó una cola de caballo ordenada para el baile de la escuela.

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