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episematic, a. Biol.|ɛpɪsiːˈmætɪk|
[f. epi- + sematic a.]
Designating natural colours, markings, etc., which serve to assist animals of the same species to recognize each other. (Opp. to aposematic a.)
1890E. B. Poulton Colours of Animals xvii. 337 Recognition Markings..assist an individual of the same species, and are termed Episematic. a1908― 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. 1926A. 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. 1934J. 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. 1959Van Tyne & Berger Fund. Ornith. iii. 102 A means (especially in gregarious birds) of attracting the attention of other individuals of the same species... (‘Episematic’ colors and patterns.). |