Batesian mimicry en · NOUN
Etymology
Named for Henry Walter Bates.
Meanings
- (uncountable) The resemblance of one or more non-poisonous species to a poisonous species, for example, the scarlet king snake and the coral snake.
Relateds
Compare with Müllerian mimicry
Translations (7)
fi Batesin mimikry (resemblance of a non-poisonous species to a poisonous one) · fr mimétisme de Bates (resemblance of a non-poisonous species to a poisonous one) · es mimetismo batesiano (resemblance of a non-poisonous species to a poisonous one) · cmn 貝氏擬態 /贝氏拟态 (resemblance of a non-poisonous species to a poisonous one) · ru мимикри́я Бе́йтса (resemblance of a non-poisonous species to a poisonous one) · pt mimetismo batesiano (resemblance of a non-poisonous species to a poisonous one) · ru бе́йтсовская мимикри́я (resemblance of a non-poisonous species to a poisonous one)