Meanings
nounBatesian mimicry (uncountable)
- uncountablebiologyThe resemblance of one or more non-poisonous species to a poisonous species, for example, the scarlet king snake and the coral snake.
Origin
Named for Henry Walter Bates.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 貝氏擬態 /贝氏拟态
- 貝氏擬態 /贝氏拟态 (bèishìnǐtài)resemblance of a non-poisonous species to a poisonous one
Finnish Batesin mimikry
- Batesin mimikryresemblance of a non-poisonous species to a poisonous one
French mimétisme de Bates
- mimétisme de Batesresemblance of a non-poisonous species to a poisonous one
Portuguese mimetismo batesiano
- mimetismo batesianoresemblance of a non-poisonous species to a poisonous one
Russian мимикри́я Бе́йтса, бе́йтсовская мимикри́я
- мимикри́я Бе́йтса (mimikríja Bɛ́jtsa)resemblance of a non-poisonous species to a poisonous one
- бе́йтсовская мимикри́я (bɛ́jtsovskaja mimikríja)resemblance of a non-poisonous species to a poisonous one
Spanish mimetismo batesiano
- mimetismo batesianoresemblance of a non-poisonous species to a poisonous one
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Chicago
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