episematicadj.

/ɛpɪsiːˈmatɪk/

Etymology: < epi- prefix + sematic adj.

Biology.

Designating natural colours, markings, etc., which serve to assist animals of the same species to recognize each other. (Opposed to aposematic adj.)

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1890 E. B. Poulton Colours of Animals xvii. 337 Recognition Markings..assist an individual of the same species, and are termed Episematic.

a1908 E. B. Poulton Ess. Evol. 357 Episematic Colours are the logical antithesis of Aposematic, their object being to assist in keeping friends together instead of keeping enemies at a distance.

1926 A. S. Pearse Animal Ecol. ix. 299 Epigamic..might have been considered the same as episematic colors if they had not been believed to be concerned with..appreciation of beauty.

1934 J. S. Huxley in Proc. 8th Internat. Ornith. Congr. (1938) 454 Episematic function can also in many cases among birds be readily deduced for certain colour-patterns.

1959 J. Van Tyne & A. J. Berger Fund. Ornithol. iii. 102 A means (especially in gregarious birds) of attracting the attention of other individuals of the same species... (‘Episematic’ colors and patterns.).

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2018).

单词	episematic
释义	episematicadj. /ɛpɪsiːˈmatɪk/ Etymology: < epi- prefix + sematic adj. Biology. Designating natural colours, markings, etc., which serve to assist animals of the same species to recognize each other. (Opposed to aposematic adj.) ΚΠ 1890 E. B. Poulton Colours of Animals xvii. 337 Recognition Markings..assist an individual of the same species, and are termed Episematic. a1908 E. B. Poulton Ess. Evol. 357 Episematic Colours are the logical antithesis of Aposematic, their object being to assist in keeping friends together instead of keeping enemies at a distance. 1926 A. S. Pearse Animal Ecol. ix. 299 Epigamic..might have been considered the same as episematic colors if they had not been believed to be concerned with..appreciation of beauty. 1934 J. S. Huxley in Proc. 8th Internat. Ornith. Congr. (1938) 454 Episematic function can also in many cases among birds be readily deduced for certain colour-patterns. 1959 J. Van Tyne & A. J. Berger Fund. Ornithol. iii. 102 A means (especially in gregarious birds) of attracting the attention of other individuals of the same species... (‘Episematic’ colors and patterns.). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2018). < adj.1890
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