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English

Etymology

apo- +? sematic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æp?(?)s??mæt?k/, /-s?-/
• Rhymes: -æt?k
• Hyphenation: ap?o?se?mat?ic

Adjective

aposematic (comparative more aposematic, superlative most aposematic)

1. (zoology, of a coloration or marking) That serves as a warning to predators, as of toxicity, especially falsely.

Related terms

• aposematism
• aposematically

Translations

English

Etymology

apo- (prefix meaning ‘away from’) (from Ancient Greek ???? (apó, “from, away from”)) + semat(ic) (“acting as a sign of danger”) (from Ancient Greek ???? (sêma, “mark, sign, token”), from Proto-Indo-European *d?yeh?- (“to notice”) + -?? (-ma, suffix forming neuter nouns denoting the object or result of an action, or a particular instance of an action)) +? -ism. The word aposematic was coined by British evolutionary biologist Edward Bagnall Poulton (1856–1943) in The Colours of Animals (1890).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?æp?(?)s??mæt?z(?)m/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?æpo?s??mæt?z(?)m/, /-p?-/, [-??-]
• Hyphenation: apo?se?mat?i?sm

Noun

aposematism (plural aposematisms)

1. (biology, chiefly zoology) An adaptation, especially a form of coloration, that warns off potential predators.

Hyponyms

• warning coloration

Related terms

• aposematic
• aposematically
• aposeme

Translations

References

Further reading

• aposematism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia