英语词汇“aposematic”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

单词

aposematic

释义

aposematic, a. Zool.|æpəʊsiːˈmætɪk|
[f. Gr. ἀπό apo- + σηµατ-, σῆµα sign (cf. sematic a.).]
Applied to colours, markings, or other attributes serving to warn or alarm, and thus to repel the attacks of enemies. So aposeme |ˈæpəʊsiːm|, an aposematic marking, etc.
1890Poulton Colours of Animals xvii. 337 Pseudaposematic colours..deceptively resemble Aposematic colours.1902Encycl. Brit. XXVII. 147 We often see the combination of Cryptic and Sematic methods, the animal being concealed until disturbed, when it instantly assumes an Aposematic attitude.1920F. A. Dixey in Rep. Brit. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 1919 202 Adopting Professor Poulton's terminology, we may say that..one form may possess..the Aposemes belonging to two distinct models.Ibid. 204 The..most conspicuous of these common aposemes or danger-signals belong to the under surface.1940Nature 3 Aug. 144/2 Aposematic or warning colours [in animals].

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