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Warning coloration   /wˈɔrnɪŋ kˌələrˈeɪʃən/   Listen
Warning coloration

noun
1.
Conspicuous coloration or markings of an animal serving to warn off predators.  Synonym: aposematic coloration.





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"Warning coloration" Quotes from Famous Books



... caterpillars however appear to be protected by producing some nauseous secretion, which renders them unpalatable. Many of these, as the familiar cream yellow and black larva of the Magpie Moth (Abraxas grossulariata), are very conspicuously adorned, and furnish examples of what is known as 'warning coloration,' on the supposition that the gaudy aspect of such insects serves as an advertisement that they are not fit to eat, and that birds and other possible devourers thus learn to leave them alone. On the other hand, smooth ...
— The Life-Story of Insects • Geo. H. Carpenter
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Words linked to "Warning coloration" :   protective coloration, aposematic coloration


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