aposematism

== English == === Etymology === apo- (prefix meaning ‘away from’) (from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓πό (ăpó, “from, away from”)) + semat(ic) (“acting as a sign of danger”) (from Ancient Greek σῆμα (sêma, “mark, sign, token”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰyeh₂- (“to notice”) + -μᾰ (-mă, suffix forming neuter nouns denoting the object or result of an action, or a particular instance of an action)) +‎ -ism. The word aposematic was coined by British evolutionary biologist Edward Bagnall Poulton (1856–1943) in The Colours of Animals (1890). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌæpə(ʊ)sɪˈmætɪz(ə)m/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌæpoʊsɪˈmætɪz(ə)m/, /-pə-/, [-ɾɪ-] Hyphenation: apo‧se‧mat‧i‧sm === Noun === aposematism (plural aposematisms) (biology, chiefly zoology) An adaptation, especially a form of coloration, that warns off potential predators. ==== Hyponyms ==== warning coloration ==== Related terms ==== aposematic aposematically ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === aposematism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia