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What is an aposematism?

What is an aposematism? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (biology) An adaptation that warns off potential predators; especially as a warning colouration
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The field and herbarium study permitted us to document aposematism in the native and naturalized vascular flora of the region.
Hypothesized forces selecting for coloration in sponges include aposematism, as has been shown in a variety of marine and terrestrial organisms, and photoprotection.
The use of conspicuous colors by prey in order to convey distastefulness, or other unpleasant properties, is called aposematism.
Thus, although aposematism is common, it is not present in all physically armed plants even in closely related taxa.
The paper, 'Do aposematism and Batesian mimicry require bright colours?

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