“epigamic”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

epigamic

释义

epigamic, a. Zool.|ɛpɪˈgæmɪk|
[f. Gr. ἐπί upon + γάµος marriage + -ic. Cf. Gr. ἐπίγαµος marriageable.]
Relating to the mating of animals and the characteristics of colour, etc., which serve to attract the opposite sex during courtship.
1890E. B. Poulton Colours of Animals xvii. 338 Epigamic Colours. Colours displayed in courtship.1926J. S. Huxley Ess. Biologist (ed. 3) iv. 135 The human species..has epigamic characters of both kinds. Some, like voice and moustache, are different in the two sexes, others, such as colour of eyes and lips,..are common to both.1959Chambers's Encycl. II. 328/2 The principal types of display are epigamic, or display in which a sexual element is involved; aposematic or threat display; and distraction or diversionary display.

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