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2 охота в воздухе
catching prey on the wingLarge moving insects spotted up to 30 m away, and caught in bill after shallow direct glide, sometimes with outstretched neck, which may terminate in brief hover before bird drops into vegetation; also drops straight onto prey below perch .Flying insects taken in rapid, sometimes lengthy, pursuit flight which may start with vertical climb of c. 30 m, prey then deflected off course and seized in quick lunge (рывок) .In deserts, this mode of hunting is most often used by wheatears in periods when termites swarm and these rather large insects abandon their nest en masse and fly in different directions with their weak and unsteady flight. .способы охота в воздухе - foraging method, foraging mode, foraging tacticsThe feeding mechanism of each species are designated to enable it to feed in the most profitable manner, without undue waste of energy in handling the food, or ingesting food that is not worthwhile .Русско-английский словарь по этологии (поведению животных) > охота в воздухе
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3 рой насекомых
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КИШМЯ КИШЕТЬ coll VP fixed WO1. ( subj: animal (pi or collect)) to be present ( usu. in a lake, river, forest etc) in large numbers: в месте Y кишмя кишат Х-ы - there are tons (throngs, zillions etc) of Xs in place Ythere is a swarm of Xs in place Y ( usu. in refer, to insects and small creatures) there is (there swarms) an army of Xs in place Y.Около оголившихся корней того дуба, под которым я сидел, по серой, сухой земле... кишмя кишели муравьи (Толстой 2). Around the uncovered roots of the oak tree under which I sat and over the dry gray earth... there swarmed an army of ants (2b).2. - кем-чем ( subj: a noun denoting a place) to contain a large number of living organisms: место X кишмя кишит Y-ами — place X is alive (crawling, teeming, swarming) with Ysplace X abounds with Ys place X is jumping with Ys (in limited contexts) place X is infested with Ys. -
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ТУЧА ТУЧЕЙ coll NP Invar fixed WO1. -ходить, прийти и т. п. Also: мрачный КАК ТУЧА (subjcompl with copula (subj: human or modif) morose, sullen, in a bad mood: (look) gloomy (grim)(walk around) as black as thunder (look) (as) black as thunder (look) as black (dark) as a thundercloud.«Разумеется, я осел, - проговорил он, мрачный как туча, - но ведь... и ты тоже» (Достоевский 3). "I know I'm a dope," he said, looking black as thunder, "but then...you're one too." (3a).2. - кого-чего (quantit subj-compl with copula ( subj / genhuman or animal)) (in some place there is) a very large or excessive quantity (of animals, insects, or less often, people): (there's) a multitude (a swarm, a throng, a horde) ofNPs) (there are) droves of NPs) (some place is) swarming (teeming) with NPs). -
6 кишмя кишеть
• КИШМЯ КИШЕТЬ coll[VP; fixed WO]=====1. [subj: animal (pi or collect)]⇒ to be present (usu. in a lake, river, forest etc) in large numbers:- в месте Y кишмя кишат Х-ы ≈ there are tons (throngs, zillions etc) of Xs in place Y;- [usu. in refer, to insects and small creatures] there is (there swarms) an army of Xs in place Y.♦ Около оголившихся корней того дуба, под которым я сидел, по серой, сухой земле... кишмя кишели муравьи (Толстой 2). Around the uncovered roots of the oak tree under which I sat and over the dry gray earth... there swarmed an army of ants (2b).2. кишмя кишеть кем-чем [subj: a noun denoting a place]⇒ to contain a large number of living organisms:- [in limited contexts] place X is infested with Ys.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > кишмя кишеть
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7 как туча
• ТУЧА ТУЧЕЙ coll[NP; Invar; fixed WO]=====1. как туча ходить, прийти и т.п. Also: мрачный КАК ТУЧА [subj-compl with copula (subj: human) or modif]⇒ morose, sullen, in a bad mood:- (look) gloomy < grim>;- (look) as black (dark) as a thundercloud.♦ "Разумеется, я осел, - проговорил он, мрачный как туча, - но ведь... и ты тоже" (Достоевский 3). "I know I'm a dope," he said, looking black as thunder, "but then...you're one too." (3a).⇒ (in some place there is) a very large or excessive quantity (of animals, insects, or less often, people):- (there's) a multitude (a swarm, a throng, a horde) of [NPs];- (there are) droves of [NPs];Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > как туча
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8 туча тучей
• ТУЧА ТУЧЕЙ coll[NP; Invar; fixed WO]=====1. туча тучей ходить, прийти и т.п. Also: мрачный КАК ТУЧА [subj-compl with copula (subj: human) or modif]⇒ morose, sullen, in a bad mood:- (look) gloomy < grim>;- (look) as black (dark) as a thundercloud.♦ "Разумеется, я осел, - проговорил он, мрачный как туча, - но ведь... и ты тоже" (Достоевский 3). "I know I'm a dope," he said, looking black as thunder, "but then...you're one too." (3a).2. туча тучей кого-чего [quantit subj-compl with copula (subj/ gen: human or animal)]⇒ (in some place there is) a very large or excessive quantity (of animals, insects, or less often, people):- (there's) a multitude (a swarm, a throng, a horde) of [NPs];- (there are) droves of [NPs];Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > туча тучей
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9 мошкара
ж. собир.(swarm of) midges, insects pl -
10 кишеть
нсв vito throng; to teem/to swarm/to be alive/to crawl withста́рый сад так и кише́л насеко́мыми — the old garden was teeming/was alive with insects
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