cryptic mimicry
1mimicry — Synonyms and related words: acting, aggressive mimicry, apery, aping, buffoonery, business, caricature, characterization, cryptic mimicry, dumb show, embodiment, enacting, enactment, gag, ham, hammy acting, hoke, hokum, imitation, impersonation,… …
2cryptic coloration — noun coloring that conceals or disguises an animal s shape • Hypernyms: ↑protective coloration * * * cryptic coloration noun (zoology) Protective resemblance to some part of the environment by countershading or mimicry (eg of leaves or twigs) • • …
3Aggressive mimicry — The Humpback anglerfish uses a modified dorsal spine as a bioluminescent fishing rod to capture prey. Aggressive mimicry is a form of mimicry where predators, parasites or parasitoids share similar signals with a harmless model, allowing them to… …
4Molecular mimicry — is defined as the theoretical possibility that sequence similarities between foreign and self peptides are sufficient to result in the cross activation of autoreactive T or B cells by pathogen derived peptides. Despite the promiscuity of several… …
5Müllerian mimicry — The Heliconius butterflies from the tropics of the Western Hemisphere are classic Müllerian mimics.[1] Müllerian mimicry is a natural phenomenon when two or more harmful species, that may or may not be closely related and share one or more common …
6protective mimicry — see cryptic colors, Batesian mimicry, Mullerian mimicry …
7mockery — Synonyms and related words: a continental, a curse, a damn, a darn, a hoot, absurdity, abuse, affront, aggressive mimicry, apery, aspersion, atrocity, bagatelle, banter, bauble, bean, bibelot, bit, booing, brass farthing, brickbat, burlesque,… …
8protective coloration — Synonyms and related words: aggressive mimicry, apery, camouflage, cryptic mimicry, disguise, domino, false colors, false face, false front, incognito, mask, masque, masquerade, mimicry, mockery, mummery, parrotry, playing possum, smoke screen,… …
9Animal colouration — has been a topic of interest and research in biology for well over a century. Colours may be cryptic (functioning as an adaptation allowing the prevention of prey detection; aposematic (functioning as a warning of unprofitability) or may be the… …
10Polymorphism (biology) — Light morph Jaguar (typical) Dark morph or melanistic Jaguar (about …
