Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

WARNING COLORATION

warning coloration: translation

Conspicuous colors of invertebrates causing predators to ignore them as food, either because they are poisonous or distasteful or because they are mimicking organisms possessing disagreeable qualities; see sematic, aposematic, pseudaposematic.

  1. warning coloration—предупреждающая окраска...Англо-русский словарь по экологии
  2. warning coloration—сематическая окраска предупреждающая окраска...Англо-русский словарь биологических терминов