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pollard

/ˈpɒl.əd/ /ˈpɑ.lɚd/

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noun

Árbol podado, madera de tales árboles

A pruned tree; the wood of such trees.

Examples :

"The city workers shaped the willow trees into a line of pollards along the riverbank to control their growth and improve the view. "

Los trabajadores de la ciudad dieron forma a los sauces en una línea de árboles podados a lo largo de la ribera para controlar su crecimiento y mejorar la vista.

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noun

Ciervo macho sin cuernos

A buck deer that has shed its antlers.

Examples :

"During the winter months, we often see a pollard grazing in the field, easily identifiable by the smooth bumps where his antlers used to be. "

Durante los meses de invierno, a menudo vemos un ciervo macho sin cuernos pastando en el campo, fácilmente identificable por los bultos lisos donde solían estar sus cuernos.

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noun

Animal doméstico sin cuernos

A hornless variety of domestic animal, as cattle or goats.

Examples :

"The farmer had a herd of pollard goats. "

El granjero tenía una manada de cabras sin cuernos.

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noun

Cacho

A European chub (Squalius cephalus, syn. Leuciscus cephalus), a kind of fish.

Examples :

"While fishing in the river, I caught a pollard, a type of chub native to Europe. "

Mientras pescaba en el río, pesqué un cacho, un tipo de pez originario de Europa.

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noun

Salvado fino

A fine grade of bran including some flour.

Examples :

"The farmer mixed the animal feed, carefully adding the pollard to provide extra nutrients and fiber for the pigs. "

El granjero mezcló el alimento para animales, agregando cuidadosamente salvado fino para proporcionar nutrientes y fibra adicionales a los cerdos.

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noun

Pollard, una moneda europea del siglo XIII

A 13th-century European coin minted as a debased counterfeit of the sterling silver penny of Edward I of England, at first legally accepted as a halfpenny and then outlawed.

Examples :

"The historian explained that a medieval merchant might have unknowingly accepted a seemingly legitimate silver penny, only to later discover it was a worthless pollard. "

El historiador explicó que un mercader medieval podría haber aceptado sin saberlo un penique de plata aparentemente legítimo, solo para descubrir más tarde que era un pollard sin valor.

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verb

Podar, desmochar

To prune a tree heavily, cutting branches back to the trunk, so that it produces dense new growth.

Examples :

"The gardener pollarded the old oak tree to encourage bushier growth. "

El jardinero podó el viejo roble para fomentar un crecimiento más frondoso.

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