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hypertely Zool.|haɪˈpɜːtɪlɪ, ˈhaɪpəˌtɛlɪ|
[ad. G. hypertelie (C. Brunner 1873, in Verh. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien XXIII. 133), f. Gr. ὑπερτέλειος beyond completeness, f. τέλος end.]
Extreme development of size, patterns of behaviour, mimetic coloration, etc. beyond the degree to which these characteristics are apparently useful. Also fig. Hence hyperˈtelic a.
1895D. Sharp in Cambr. Nat. Hist. V. xiii. 323 Brunner..came to the conclusion that they [sc. close resemblances] cannot be accounted for on the ground of mere utility, and proposed the term Hypertely to express the idea that in these cases the bounds of the useful are transcended. 1920G. D. H. Carpenter Naturalist on Lake Victoria x. 196 Special procryptic colouring never fails to arouse wonder from its extreme perfection... This complimentary [sic] doctrine has been termed Hypertely. 1936Nature 10 Oct. 603/2 We find that intraspecific selection frequently leads to results which are mainly..useless to the species as a whole, including ‘hypertelic’ characters. 1937A. Huxley Ends & Means xiv. 262 We are doing our best to develop a militaristic ‘hypertely’, to become, in other words, dangerously specialized in the art of killing our fellows. 1953G. G. Simpson Major Features of Evolution ix. 282 Almost any case in which size, structure, or habit..is carried to extremes may be cited as hypertely. Ibid. 287 Many of the characters commonly designated as hypertelic are striking secondary sexual characters. 1965B. E. Freeman tr. Vandel's Biospeleol. xi. 168 Hypertely represents the end of a long orthogenetic evolution. |