Usually means: Warning colors signaling danger, toxicity.
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  1. aposematic: Merriam-Webster
  2. aposematic: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. aposematic: Collins English Dictionary
  4. aposematic: Wordnik
  5. aposematic: Wiktionary
  6. aposematic: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. aposematic: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. Aposematic, aposematic: Dictionary.com
  9. Aposematic: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. aposematic: FreeDictionary.org
  11. aposematic: TheFreeDictionary.com
  12. aposematic: Merriam-Webster

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▸ adjective:  (zoology, of a coloration or marking) That serves as a warning to predators, as of toxicity, especially falsely.

Similar:
antidotal, antidotary, antipoisoning, antipharmic, atoxic, toxicoid, venomsome, antileprotic, piscicidal, antipox, more...

Opposite:
cryptic, camouflaged, inconspicuous

Phrases:
aposematic coloration, more...

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Similar:
antidotal, antidotary, antipoisoning, antipharmic, atoxic, toxicoid, venomsome, antileprotic, piscicidal, antipox, more...

Opposite:
cryptic, camouflaged, inconspicuous

Phrases:
aposematic coloration, more...



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