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Terms for subject Zoology containing прыжок | all forms
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изготовиться к прыжкуget ready to pounce (In the summer of 2007, I spoke with Marcus Matthews, a researcher of mysterious big-cats in the U.K., who told me that he was then currently investigating a case involving a person who had seen a "huge black cat" sitting inside the confines of a Wiltshire Crop Circle. (...) All I can say is this: if you ever find yourself deep in the heart of a huge Crop Circle, then keep a careful watch. There may be something dangerous keeping its eyes on you, getting ready to pounce. mysteriousuniverse.org ART Vancouver)
прыжки от радостиpronking (jump straight up; "kangaroos pronk", springboks celebrate fresh grass by pronking – когда появляется зелёная травка, антилопы-прыгуны празднуют её появление радостными прыжками. A Dictionary of Zoology (3 ed.) Michael Allaby говорит, что ''pronking" – "Jumping high into the air several times in succession while running, a behaviour practised by springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis)". oxfordreference.com inyazserg)