Looking for the meaning or definition of the word aposematic? Here's what it means.
Adjective
(zoology, of a coloration or marking) That serves as a warning to predators, as of toxicity, especially falsely.
Examples
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.
Rattlesnakes shake their tail rattles as aposematic warnings.
Some types of caterpillars are indeed poisonous or distasteful and their bright coloring is aposematic.
Additionally, taxonomically troubling taxa such as Crataegus makes identification and quantification of aposematic species extremely difficult.
Alternatively, they may be used to signal to predators, the classic example being aposematic coloration in species that have noxious defenses, such as skunks.
Clusters amplify the signal of aposematic coloration, and individuals may participate in group regurgitation or displays.
