Meanings
adjectiveepimeletic (comparative more epimeletic, superlative most epimeletic)
comparative more epimeletic · superlative most epimeletic
- biologyRelating to altruistic behaviour towards an injured animal
In the neonatal related COD, according to a fisher who had recovered the carcass, the cutaneous lesions were caused by the mother, or other group members, trying to maintain the animal in motion or to make it surface, following an epimeletic behavior.
2016 February 13, “Assessing Disease and Mortality among Small Cetaceans Stranded at a World Heritage Site in Southern Brazil”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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