Mimicry
61müllerian mimicry — noun Usage: sometimes capitalized 1st M Etymology: müllerian from Fritz Müller + English an : mimicry between two distasteful or dangerous species (as of butterflies) …
62Eyespot (mimicry) — An eyespot (sometimes ocellus) is an eye like marking. They are found on butterflies, reptiles and birds. In members of the Felidae family (such as the Leopard Cat and leopard), ocelli are white circular markings on the backs of the ears.Eyespots …
63Batesian mimicry — the condition where a rare and harmless species (the mimic) closely resembles a common and distasteful species (the model) and thus escapes being eaten as it deceives a predator (the operator) …
64Müllerian mimicry — the condition where unpalatable species resemble each other, and are recognised and avoided by predators. The chance of being damaged by an uneducated predator is reduced by more than one species having the same appearance …
65Mülleran mimicry — noun The resemblance of two or more poisonous species with each other, giving the effect that they are all more recognisable to potential predators. For example, the monarch butterfly and the viceroy butterfly …
66Batesian mimicry — noun the resemblance of one or more non poisonous species to a poisonous species, for example, the scarlet king snake and the coral snake …
67stone mimicry plant — noun highly succulent stemless clump forming plants with grey green leaves similar in texture to lumps of granite; South Africa • Syn: ↑living granite, ↑living rock • Hypernyms: ↑succulent • Member Holonyms: ↑Pleiospilos, ↑genus Plei …
68batesian mimicry — ˈbātsēən noun Usage: usually capitalized B Etymology: Henry Walter Bates died 1892 English naturalist + English ian zoology : resemblance of an innocuous species to another that is protected from predators by unpalatability or other qualities …
69мимикрия — mimicry мимикрия. Внешнее сходство незащищенного организма одного вида с защищенным (например, ядовитым) организмом др. вида; М. более распространена у животных мимезия (сходство с растениями у личинок насекомых и др.; или сходство с фоном… …
70pathomimesis — Mimicry of a disease or dysfunction, whether intentional or unconscious. SYN: pathomimicry. [patho + G. mimesis, imitation] * * * patho·mi·me·sis .path ō mə mē səs n imitation of disease esp. unconsciously in some forms of hysteria * * *… …
