aposematism

Etymology


(from ) + (from, from  + ). The word was coined by British evolutionary biologist  (1856–1943) in The Colours of Animals (1890).

Noun

 * 1)  An adaptation, especially a form of coloration, that warns off potential predators.

Translations

 * Catalan: aposematisme
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 警戒作用
 * Czech: aposematismus
 * Danish: aposematisme
 * Dutch: aposematische kleuring
 * Esperanto: aposematismo
 * Estonian: aposemaatiline värvus, hoiatusvärvus
 * Finnish: aposematismi
 * French:
 * Galician: aposematismo
 * Georgian: გამაფრთხილებელი შეფერილობა
 * German: Aposematismus
 * Hebrew: צבעי אזהרה
 * Indonesian: aposematisme
 * Italian: aposematismo
 * Japanese: 警告色
 * Korean: 경계색
 * Kyrgyz: апосематикалык түс
 * Latin: aposematismus
 * Macedonian: апосемијата
 * Malay: aposematisme
 * Norwegian: varselfarger
 * Persian: رنگ هشدار
 * Polish: aposematyczne, ubarwienie ostrzegawcze
 * Portuguese: aposematismo
 * Serbo-Croatian: aposematizam
 * Slovene: aposematizem
 * Spanish: aposematismo
 * Swedish: aposematism
 * Turkish: aposematizm
 * Vietnamese: tín hiệu xua đuổi