episematic
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episematic (comparative more episematic, superlative most episematic)
- (zoology, of a coloration or marking) That serves to assist individuals of the same species to identify each other.
- 1911, “Colours of Animals”, in The Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th edition, volume V, page 732:
- Episematic characters are far less common than aposematic, and these than cryptic; although, as regards the latter comparison, the opposite impression is generally produced from the fact that concealment is so successfully attained.