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What does aposematic mean?

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Adjective
  1. (zoology, of a coloration or marking) That serves as a warning to predators, as of toxicity, especially falsely.
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Rattlesnakes shake their tail rattles as aposematic warnings.
To further investigate the effects of prey contrast on predator behavior, I conducted an experiment with young chicks as predators on live aposematic and nonaposematic prey.
Clusters amplify the signal of aposematic coloration, and individuals may participate in group regurgitation or displays.
These include various lepidopterans and the African grasshopper, which adopt aposematic coloring as a warning.
Regression of the shell, development of aposematic colorations, and acquisition of toxic defenses are general evolutionary trends within the group.
Coloration in skunks and stink badgers serves as an aposematic signal to would-be predators.

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