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espantapájaros — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • darnel noun Any of the genus Lolium of grasses, especially as a weed in wheat fields.
  • scarecrow noun A figure made to look human, dressed in old clothes and set up in a field to frighten birds away from crops.

Senses

espantapájaros is used for these senses in English:

  • darnel Any of genus Lolium of grasses, especially as a weed in wheat fields.
  • scarecrow An effigy, typically made of straw and dressed in old clothes, fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating crops or seeds planted there. [from 1530s]
  • straw man A doll or scarecrow, particularly one stuffed with straw.

darnel — full definition

  1. noun Any of the genus Lolium of grasses, especially as a weed in wheat fields.
  2. noun Especially, the species Lolium temulentum, often host to a fungus toxic to humans and animals.

scarecrow — full definition

  1. noun A figure made to look human, dressed in old clothes and set up in a field to frighten birds away from crops.
  2. noun A very thin, awkward, or raggedly dressed person.

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