lambda

Borrowed from Ancient Greek λάμβδα (lámbda).

bor+

(ethology) the most ordinary member of a group


tok

tok (nominative singular)
toki (nominative plural)
toku (genitive singular)
toków (genitive plural)
tokowi (dative singular)
tokom (dative plural)
tok (accusative singular)
toki (accusative plural)
tokiem (instrumental singular)
tokami (instrumental plural)
toku (locative singular)
tokach (locative plural)
toku (singular vocative)
toki (plural vocative)

Inherited from Old Polish tok, from Proto-Slavic *tokъ.


placer

From place + -er (suffix apparently denoting association).

suffix

This is a “placer” sheep, as it is called. The prerequisites to this condition are that the young sheep must be still nursing, but must have begun to nibble grass. It must be the young of a mother that has been somewhat isolated, away from the corral and away from the herd, by herself out on the prairie. Now, when the mother dies, the lamb remains close to the mother′s body[…].

1951, Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation, Problems of Infancy and Childhood, volume 4, page 101:

1971, American Society of Animal Science. Journal of Animal Science, Volume 32, Pages 601-1298, page 1281,
In Australia “placer” lambs are also destroyed, for these too are of little use; they will return constantly to one place, not staying with the flock.

(ethology, sheep, Australia, New Zealand) A lamb whose mother has died and which has transferred its attachment to an object, such as a bush or rock, in the locality.


camouflage

en-noun

camouflage (countable and uncountable, plural camouflages)

/ˈkæ.məˌflɑːʒ/

Unadapted borrowing from French camouflage, from camoufler (“to veil, disguise”), alteration (due to camouflet (“smoke blown in one's face”)) of Italian camuffare (“to muffle the head”), from ca- (from Italian capo (“head”)) + muffare (“to muffle”), from Medieval Latin muffula, muffla (“muff”). This Medieval Latin, from which there is also English muffle, is either derived from a Frankish *molfell (“soft garment made of hide”) from *mol (“softened, forworn”) (akin to Old High German molawēn (“to soften”), Middle High German molwic (“soft”)) + *fell (“hide, skin”), from Proto-Germanic *fellą (“skin, film, fleece”), or, an alternate etymology traces it to a Frankish *muffël (“a muff, wrap, envelope”) composed of *mauwa (“sleeve, wrap”) from Proto-Germanic *mawwō (“sleeve”) + *fell (“skin, hide”) from Proto-Germanic *fellą (“skin, film, fleece”).

der

Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close[…]above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them. Many insects probably use this strategy, which is a close analogy to crypsis in the visible world—camouflage and other methods for blending into one’s visual background.

2013 May-June, William E. Conner, “An Acoustic Arms Race”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, pages 206–7:

(biology) Resemblance of an organism to its surroundings for avoiding detection.


camouflage

→ English: camouflage

→ Japanese: カモフラージュ

→ German: Camouflage

→ Greek: καμουφλάζ n (kamoufláz)

→ Korean: 카무플라주 (kamupeullaju)

→ Norwegian Bokmål: kamuflasje

→ Portuguese: camuflagem

→ Romanian: camuflaj

→ Russian: камуфля́ж (kamufljáž) (see there for further descendants)

→ Spanish: camuflaje

→ Turkish: kamuflaj

From camoufler (“disguise, to hide”) + -age (noun-forming suffix).


zimbello

From Franco-Provençal cembel, from Vulgar Latin *cymbellum, from Latin cymbalum.

(ethology) mockups to stimulate animal behavior


alfa

nl-noun

alfa f (plural alfa's, diminutive alfaatje n)

alfa's (plural)
alfaatje (diminutive neuter)
alpha (alternative)

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ἄλφα (álpha), of Semitic origin. Doublet of alef.


alpha female

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(zoology, ethology) The dominant female in a social or group hierarchy.


alloparenting

Some alloparenting relationships among animals resemble adoption, although more resemble foster care or wet-nursing.

1992, Richard A. Posner, Sex and Reason, Paperback edition, Harvard University Press, published 1994, page 407:

The behaviors associated with alloparenting are phenotypically similar to maternal and paternal care.

1997, C. Sue Carter, R. Lucille Roberts, “9: The Psychobiological Basis of Cooperative Breeding in Rodents”, in Nancy G. Solomon, Jeffrey A. French, editors, Cooperative Breeding in Mammals, Cambridge University Press, published 2007, page 256:

Characteristics of species in which alloparenting occurs include organization into small, close-knit, and cooperative groups and infants being born relatively helpless and dependent on care from adults.

2016, Abigail A. Marsh, “9: Extraordinary Altruism: A Cognitive Neuroscience Perspective”, in Joshua David Greene, India Morrison, Martin E. P. Seligman, editors, Positive Neuroscience, Oxford University Press, page 150:

(ethology) Parental behaviour towards infants and young from non-parents.


philopatry

(ethology) The tendency of an animal to return to, or stay in, its home area or birthplace.


alpha male

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Originally used in scientific research of hierarchies in social animals, the term is now often applied to men with dominating characteristics. Already in some use during the 1990s, it was further popularized by Neil Strauss in The Game (2005).

(zoology, ethology) The dominant male in a group of animals.


hassen

de-verb

hassen (weak, third-person singular present hasst, past tense hasste, past participle gehasst, auxiliary haben)

hasst (present singular third-person)
hasste (past)
gehasst (participle past)
haben (auxiliary)
haben (auxiliary)
hassen (infinitive)
hassend (participle present)
gehasst (participle past)
hasse (first-person indicative present singular)
hassen (first-person indicative plural present)
hasse (first-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
hassen (first-person plural subjunctive subjunctive-i)
hasst (indicative present second-person singular)
hasst (indicative plural present second-person)
hassest (second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
hasset (plural second-person subjunctive subjunctive-i)
hasst (indicative present singular third-person)
hassen (indicative plural present third-person)
hasse (singular subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
hassen (plural subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
hasste (first-person indicative preterite singular)
hassten (first-person indicative plural preterite)
hasste (first-person formal rare singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
hassten (first-person formal plural rare subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
hasstest (indicative preterite second-person singular)
hasstet (indicative plural preterite second-person)
hasstest (formal rare second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
hasstet (formal plural rare second-person subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
hasste (indicative preterite singular third-person)
hassten (indicative plural preterite third-person)
hasste (formal rare singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)
hassten (formal plural rare subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)
hass (imperative second-person singular)
hasse (imperative second-person singular)
hasst (imperative plural second-person)
haben (auxiliary)
habe gehasst (first-person indicative multiword-construction perfect singular)
haben gehasst (first-person indicative multiword-construction perfect plural)
habe gehasst (first-person multiword-construction perfect singular subjunctive)
haben gehasst (first-person multiword-construction perfect plural subjunctive)
hast gehasst (indicative multiword-construction perfect second-person singular)
habt gehasst (indicative multiword-construction perfect plural second-person)
habest gehasst (multiword-construction perfect second-person singular subjunctive)
habet gehasst (multiword-construction perfect plural second-person subjunctive)
hat gehasst (indicative multiword-construction perfect singular third-person)
haben gehasst (indicative multiword-construction perfect plural third-person)
habe gehasst (multiword-construction perfect singular subjunctive third-person)
haben gehasst (multiword-construction perfect plural subjunctive third-person)
hatte gehasst (first-person indicative multiword-construction pluperfect singular)
hatten gehasst (first-person indicative multiword-construction pluperfect plural)
hätte gehasst (first-person multiword-construction pluperfect singular subjunctive)
hätten gehasst (first-person multiword-construction pluperfect plural subjunctive)
hattest gehasst (indicative multiword-construction pluperfect second-person singular)
hattet gehasst (indicative multiword-construction pluperfect plural second-person)
hättest gehasst (multiword-construction pluperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
hättet gehasst (multiword-construction pluperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
hatte gehasst (indicative multiword-construction pluperfect singular third-person)
hatten gehasst (indicative multiword-construction pluperfect plural third-person)
hätte gehasst (multiword-construction pluperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
hätten gehasst (multiword-construction pluperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
hassen werden (future future-i infinitive multiword-construction)
werde hassen (first-person future future-i multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werden hassen (first-person future future-i multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werdest hassen (future future-i multiword-construction second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werdet hassen (future future-i multiword-construction plural second-person subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werde hassen (future future-i multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
werden hassen (future future-i multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
werde hassen (first-person future future-i indicative multiword-construction singular)
werden hassen (first-person future future-i indicative multiword-construction plural)
würde hassen (first-person future future-i multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
würden hassen (first-person future future-i multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
wirst hassen (future future-i indicative multiword-construction second-person singular)
werdet hassen (future future-i indicative multiword-construction plural second-person)
würdest hassen (future future-i multiword-construction second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
würdet hassen (future future-i multiword-construction plural second-person subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
wird hassen (future future-i indicative multiword-construction singular third-person)
werden hassen (future future-i indicative multiword-construction plural third-person)
würde hassen (future future-i multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)
würden hassen (future future-i multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)
gehasst haben werden (future future-ii infinitive multiword-construction)
werde gehasst haben (first-person future future-ii multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werden gehasst haben (first-person future future-ii multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werdest gehasst haben (future future-ii multiword-construction second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werdet gehasst haben (future future-ii multiword-construction plural second-person subjunctive subjunctive-i)
werde gehasst haben (future future-ii multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
werden gehasst haben (future future-ii multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-i third-person)
werde gehasst haben (first-person future future-ii indicative multiword-construction singular)
werden gehasst haben (first-person future future-ii indicative multiword-construction plural)
würde gehasst haben (first-person future future-ii multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
würden gehasst haben (first-person future future-ii multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
wirst gehasst haben (future future-ii indicative multiword-construction second-person singular)
werdet gehasst haben (future future-ii indicative multiword-construction plural second-person)
würdest gehasst haben (future future-ii multiword-construction second-person singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
würdet gehasst haben (future future-ii multiword-construction plural second-person subjunctive subjunctive-ii)
wird gehasst haben (future future-ii indicative multiword-construction singular third-person)
werden gehasst haben (future future-ii indicative multiword-construction plural third-person)
würde gehasst haben (future future-ii multiword-construction singular subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)
würden gehasst haben (future future-ii multiword-construction plural subjunctive subjunctive-ii third-person)

From Middle High German hazzen, from Old High German hazzōn, from Proto-Germanic *hatāną.

Die Rabenkrähen hassten auf den Waldkauz.


allo-

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From Ancient Greek ἄλλος (állos, “other”), from Proto-Hellenic *áľľos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos (English else).

allosuck is to suckle from a female who is not one's own mother, allocare is care given to an infant by an animal that is not the infant's parent, allofather is a male alloparent

(ethology) Alloparenting: parenting behaviours between animals who are not parent and child.


protandry

(ethology) The arrival of males before females at a mating site.


protogyny

(ethology) The arrival of females before males at a mating site.


cribbing

en-noun

cribbing (countable and uncountable, plural cribbings)

After the Loma Prieta earthquake, they had to put cribbing under portions of San Francisco's Embarcadero Freeway, for fear it would collapse.

US Army Corps of Engineers site
If the structure is to be raised in place without relocation, once it is raised to the desired elevation the jacks are replaced with timber cribbing.

As a whole, the heavy structure built to support an existing structure from underneath, as with a mineshaft or when raising a building off its foundation, as for moving to another location,

The cribbing used to support anything from below or on a side, as with a retaining wall, or to prop up a piece of heavy machinery.

obsessive-compulsive disorder
obsessive-compulsive disorder

(ethology, equestrianism) A self-injurious tendency of certain horses to swallow air while slobbering and biting onto objects in and about their enclosure; cribbing and windsucking are regarded as equine forms of obsessive-compulsive disorder.


noyau

noyau (countable and uncountable, plural noyaus or noyaux)

His coffee was excellent, and then came a case of liqueurs, noyau both white and red, etc.

1792, James Boswell, in Danziger & Brady (eds.), Boswell: The Great Biographer (Journals 1789–1795), Yale 1989, p. 178

A French liqueur made at Poissy in north central France from brandy and flavoured with almonds and the pits of apricots.

Borders are violated by hungering males and famished females, and the ordered animosities of the noyau give way to a saturnalia of sexual adventure.

1966 August 26, Richard Ardrey, “Strongest Bond of All - The Space We Own”, in LIFE, page 58:

The orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) also exhibits the noyau system and appears to be the only diurnal primate with a largely solitary lifestyle.

1999, Ronald M. Nowak, Walker's Primates of the World, JHU Press, →ISBN, page 27:

This "noyau" pattern is found among various nocturnal strepsirrhines.

2000, Sergio M. Pellis, Andrew N. Iwaniuk, “Adult-Adult Play in Primates: Comparative Analyses of Its Origin, Distribution and Evolution”, in Ethology, 106, page 1089:

(ethology, countable) A small nucleus or core group of people or animals.


imprinting

imprinting (countable and uncountable, plural imprintings)

(psychology, ethology) Any kind of phase-sensitive learning (learning occurring at a particular age or a particular life stage) that is rapid and apparently independent of the consequences of behavior.


lone wolf

I am a lone wolf, a solitary man, wandering through a world in which I have no part. I am wifeless—childless—who is it speaks of the childless as the dead twigs on the tree of life?

1899, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, chapter I, in The Sleeper Awakes:

You'll never mix in. You'll be a lone wolf. I seen that right off. Wal, if a man can stand the loneliness, an' if he's quick on the draw, mebbe lone-wolfin' it is the best.

(figuratively) A person who avoids the company of others; a loner; an independent or solitary person.


savaging

Aggressive behavior, by a mother animal toward her offspring


countersing

en-verb

countersing (third-person singular simple present countersings, present participle countersinging, simple past countersang, past participle countersung)

countersings (present singular third-person)
countersinging (participle present)
countersang (past)
countersung (participle past)

(ethology, of a bird) To sing in response to the song of another


parabiosis

en-noun

parabiosis (countable and uncountable, plural parabioses)

(ecology, ethology) A form of symbiosis, typically among ants, in which different species share common nest galleries but maintain distinct broods and do not practice mutualism other than incidentally.


philopatric

en-adj

philopatric (comparative more philopatric, superlative most philopatric)

more philopatric (comparative)
most philopatric (superlative)

(ethology) Of or pertaining to philopatry.


antisaccade

antisaccades (plural)
anti-saccade (alternative)

(ethology) An (often voluntary) movement of the eye away from a point of stimulus

movimento antissacádico

a movement of the eye away from a point of stimulus


alfanaaras

alfanaaras (nominative singular)
alfanaaraat (nominative plural)
alfanaaras (accusative nominative singular)
alfanaaraat (accusative nominative plural)
alfanaaraan (accusative genitive singular)
alfanaaraat (accusative genitive plural)
alfanaaraan (genitive singular)
alfanaaraiden (genitive plural)
alfanaaraitten (genitive plural)
alfanaarasten (genitive plural rare)
alfanaarasta (partitive singular)
alfanaaraita (partitive plural)
alfanaaraassa (inessive singular)
alfanaaraissa (inessive plural)
alfanaaraasta (elative singular)
alfanaaraista (elative plural)
alfanaaraaseen (illative singular)
alfanaaraisiin (illative plural)
alfanaaraihin (illative plural rare)
alfanaaraalla (adessive singular)
alfanaarailla (adessive plural)
alfanaaraalta (ablative singular)
alfanaarailta (ablative plural)
alfanaaraalle (allative singular)
alfanaaraille (allative plural)
alfanaaraana (essive singular)
alfanaaraina (essive plural)
alfanaaraaksi (singular translative)
alfanaaraiksi (plural translative)
alfanaaraatta (abessive singular)
alfanaaraitta (abessive plural)
alfanaarain (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
alfanaaraani (nominative singular)
alfanaaraani (nominative plural)
alfanaaraani (accusative nominative singular)
alfanaaraani (accusative nominative plural)
alfanaaraani (accusative genitive singular)
alfanaaraani (accusative genitive plural)
alfanaaraani (genitive singular)
alfanaaraideni (genitive plural)
alfanaaraitteni (genitive plural)
alfanaarasteni (genitive plural rare)
alfanaarastani (partitive singular)
alfanaaraitani (partitive plural)
alfanaaraassani (inessive singular)
alfanaaraissani (inessive plural)
alfanaaraastani (elative singular)
alfanaaraistani (elative plural)
alfanaaraaseeni (illative singular)
alfanaaraisiini (illative plural)
alfanaaraihini (illative plural rare)
alfanaaraallani (adessive singular)
alfanaaraillani (adessive plural)
alfanaaraaltani (ablative singular)
alfanaarailtani (ablative plural)
alfanaaraalleni (allative singular)
alfanaarailleni (allative plural)
alfanaaraanani (essive singular)
alfanaarainani (essive plural)
alfanaaraakseni (singular translative)
alfanaaraikseni (plural translative)
alfanaaraattani (abessive singular)
alfanaaraittani (abessive plural)
alfanaaraineni (comitative plural)
alfanaaraasi (nominative singular)
alfanaaraasi (nominative plural)
alfanaaraasi (accusative nominative singular)
alfanaaraasi (accusative nominative plural)
alfanaaraasi (accusative genitive singular)
alfanaaraasi (accusative genitive plural)
alfanaaraasi (genitive singular)
alfanaaraidesi (genitive plural)
alfanaaraittesi (genitive plural)
alfanaarastesi (genitive plural rare)
alfanaarastasi (partitive singular)
alfanaaraitasi (partitive plural)
alfanaaraassasi (inessive singular)
alfanaaraissasi (inessive plural)
alfanaaraastasi (elative singular)
alfanaaraistasi (elative plural)
alfanaaraaseesi (illative singular)
alfanaaraisiisi (illative plural)
alfanaaraihisi (illative plural rare)
alfanaaraallasi (adessive singular)
alfanaaraillasi (adessive plural)
alfanaaraaltasi (ablative singular)
alfanaarailtasi (ablative plural)
alfanaaraallesi (allative singular)
alfanaaraillesi (allative plural)
alfanaaraanasi (essive singular)
alfanaarainasi (essive plural)
alfanaaraaksesi (singular translative)
alfanaaraiksesi (plural translative)
alfanaaraattasi (abessive singular)
alfanaaraittasi (abessive plural)
alfanaarainesi (comitative plural)
alfanaaraamme (nominative singular)
alfanaaraamme (nominative plural)
alfanaaraamme (accusative nominative singular)
alfanaaraamme (accusative nominative plural)
alfanaaraamme (accusative genitive singular)
alfanaaraamme (accusative genitive plural)
alfanaaraamme (genitive singular)
alfanaaraidemme (genitive plural)
alfanaaraittemme (genitive plural)
alfanaarastemme (genitive plural rare)
alfanaarastamme (partitive singular)
alfanaaraitamme (partitive plural)
alfanaaraassamme (inessive singular)
alfanaaraissamme (inessive plural)
alfanaaraastamme (elative singular)
alfanaaraistamme (elative plural)
alfanaaraaseemme (illative singular)
alfanaaraisiimme (illative plural)
alfanaaraihimme (illative plural rare)
alfanaaraallamme (adessive singular)
alfanaaraillamme (adessive plural)
alfanaaraaltamme (ablative singular)
alfanaarailtamme (ablative plural)
alfanaaraallemme (allative singular)
alfanaaraillemme (allative plural)
alfanaaraanamme (essive singular)
alfanaarainamme (essive plural)
alfanaaraaksemme (singular translative)
alfanaaraiksemme (plural translative)
alfanaaraattamme (abessive singular)
alfanaaraittamme (abessive plural)
alfanaarainemme (comitative plural)
alfanaaraanne (nominative singular)
alfanaaraanne (nominative plural)
alfanaaraanne (accusative nominative singular)
alfanaaraanne (accusative nominative plural)
alfanaaraanne (accusative genitive singular)
alfanaaraanne (accusative genitive plural)
alfanaaraanne (genitive singular)
alfanaaraidenne (genitive plural)
alfanaaraittenne (genitive plural)
alfanaarastenne (genitive plural rare)
alfanaarastanne (partitive singular)
alfanaaraitanne (partitive plural)
alfanaaraassanne (inessive singular)
alfanaaraissanne (inessive plural)
alfanaaraastanne (elative singular)
alfanaaraistanne (elative plural)
alfanaaraaseenne (illative singular)
alfanaaraisiinne (illative plural)
alfanaaraihinne (illative plural rare)
alfanaaraallanne (adessive singular)
alfanaaraillanne (adessive plural)
alfanaaraaltanne (ablative singular)
alfanaarailtanne (ablative plural)
alfanaaraallenne (allative singular)
alfanaaraillenne (allative plural)
alfanaaraananne (essive singular)
alfanaarainanne (essive plural)
alfanaaraaksenne (singular translative)
alfanaaraiksenne (plural translative)
alfanaaraattanne (abessive singular)
alfanaaraittanne (abessive plural)
alfanaarainenne (comitative plural)
alfanaaraansa (nominative singular)
alfanaaraansa (nominative plural)
alfanaaraansa (accusative nominative singular)
alfanaaraansa (accusative nominative plural)
alfanaaraansa (accusative genitive singular)
alfanaaraansa (accusative genitive plural)
alfanaaraansa (genitive singular)
alfanaaraidensa (genitive plural)
alfanaaraittensa (genitive plural)
alfanaarastensa (genitive plural rare)
alfanaarastaan (partitive singular)
alfanaarastansa (partitive singular)
alfanaaraitaan (partitive plural)
alfanaaraitansa (partitive plural)
alfanaaraassaan (inessive singular)
alfanaaraassansa (inessive singular)
alfanaaraissaan (inessive plural)
alfanaaraissansa (inessive plural)
alfanaaraastaan (elative singular)
alfanaaraastansa (elative singular)
alfanaaraistaan (elative plural)
alfanaaraistansa (elative plural)
alfanaaraaseensa (illative singular)
alfanaaraisiinsa (illative plural)
alfanaaraihinsa (illative plural rare)
alfanaaraallaan (adessive singular)
alfanaaraallansa (adessive singular)
alfanaaraillaan (adessive plural)
alfanaaraillansa (adessive plural)
alfanaaraaltaan (ablative singular)
alfanaaraaltansa (ablative singular)
alfanaarailtaan (ablative plural)
alfanaarailtansa (ablative plural)
alfanaaraalleen (allative singular)
alfanaaraallensa (allative singular)
alfanaarailleen (allative plural)
alfanaaraillensa (allative plural)
alfanaaraanaan (essive singular)
alfanaaraanansa (essive singular)
alfanaarainaan (essive plural)
alfanaarainansa (essive plural)
alfanaaraakseen (singular translative)
alfanaaraaksensa (singular translative)
alfanaaraikseen (plural translative)
alfanaaraiksensa (plural translative)
alfanaaraattaan (abessive singular)
alfanaaraattansa (abessive singular)
alfanaaraittaan (abessive plural)
alfanaaraittansa (abessive plural)
alfanaaraineen (comitative plural)
alfanaarainensa (comitative plural)

[ˈɑ̝lf(ː)ɑ̝ˌnɑ̝ːrɑ̝s̠]


camuflagem

pt-noun

camuflagem f (usually uncountable, plural camuflagens)

Borrowed from French camouflage. By surface analysis, camuflar + -agem.

(ethology) camouflage (resemblance of an organism to its surroundings for avoiding detection)


一匹狼

一匹狼 (canonical)
ippiki ōkami (romanization)


動物行動学

ja-noun

動(どう)物(ぶつ)行(こう)動(どう)学(がく) • (dōbutsu kōdōgaku) ^(←どうぶつかうどうがく (doubutukaudougaku)?)

動物行動学 (canonical)
dōbutsu kōdōgaku (romanization)
doubutukaudougaku (romanization)
どうぶつかうどうがく (hiragana historical)

[do̞ːbɯ̟t͡sɨ ko̞ːdo̞ːɡa̠kɯ̟]


movimento antissacádico

pt-noun

movimento antissacádico m (plural movimentos antissacádicos)

(ethology) antisaccade (a movement of the eye away from a point of stimulus)


Paarungsspiel

de-noun

Paarungsspiel n (strong, genitive Paarungsspiels or Paarungsspieles, plural Paarungsspiele)

Paarungsspiels (genitive)
Paarungsspieles (genitive)
Paarungsspiele (plural)
Paarungsspiel (nominative singular)
Paarungsspiele (definite nominative plural)
Paarungsspiels (genitive singular)
Paarungsspieles (genitive singular)
Paarungsspiele (definite genitive plural)
Paarungsspiel (dative singular)
Paarungsspiele (dative singular)
Paarungsspielen (dative definite plural)
Paarungsspiel (accusative singular)
Paarungsspiele (accusative definite plural)


broedzorg

(ethology) parental care for offspring or eggs by animals


Stimmfühlung

Stimmfühlung f (genitive Stimmfühlung, no plural)

Stimmfühlung (genitive)
Stimmfühlung (nominative singular)
Stimmfühlung (genitive singular)
Stimmfühlung (dative singular)
Stimmfühlung (accusative singular)

/ˈʃtɪmˌfyːlʊŋ/

Stimme (“voice”) + fühlen (“to feel, to touch”) + -ung

compound

(ethology) contact by voice (the phenomenon that animals give special calls to stay in contact with members of their family, flock vel sim.)


Aarne-Thompson-Uther index

the Aarne-Thompson-Uther index (canonical)

After Finnish folklorist Antti Aarne, who originally devised the index, and its elaborators American folklorist Stith Thompson and German folklorist Hans-Jörg Uther.

A catalogue of traditional tales based around motifs used in folklore studies.

Aarne–Thompson–Uther Index
Antti Aarne
Hans-Jörg Uther
Stith Thompson


ambush predator

en-noun

ambush predator (plural ambush predators)

For 10 million years after they arrived in Europe, despite the great numbers of small rodents present, cats showed no sign of prospering, let alone attaining the dominance among ambush predators they have today.

2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 89:

(biology, ethology) A carnivorous animal that prefers to capture or trap prey by stealth or strategy, rather than by speed or strength.


leimautuminen

leimautuminen (nominative singular)
leimautumiset (nominative plural)
leimautuminen (accusative nominative singular)
leimautumiset (accusative nominative plural)
leimautumisen (accusative genitive singular)
leimautumiset (accusative genitive plural)
leimautumisen (genitive singular)
leimautumisten (genitive plural)
leimautumisien (genitive plural)
leimautumista (partitive singular)
leimautumisia (partitive plural)
leimautumisessa (inessive singular)
leimautumisissa (inessive plural)
leimautumisesta (elative singular)
leimautumisista (elative plural)
leimautumiseen (illative singular)
leimautumisiin (illative plural)
leimautumisella (adessive singular)
leimautumisilla (adessive plural)
leimautumiselta (ablative singular)
leimautumisilta (ablative plural)
leimautumiselle (allative singular)
leimautumisille (allative plural)
leimautumisena (essive singular)
leimautumisina (essive plural)
leimautumiseksi (singular translative)
leimautumisiksi (plural translative)
leimautumisetta (abessive singular)
leimautumisitta (abessive plural)
leimautumisin (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
leimautumiseni (nominative singular)
leimautumiseni (nominative plural)
leimautumiseni (accusative nominative singular)
leimautumiseni (accusative nominative plural)
leimautumiseni (accusative genitive singular)
leimautumiseni (accusative genitive plural)
leimautumiseni (genitive singular)
leimautumisteni (genitive plural)
leimautumisieni (genitive plural)
leimautumistani (partitive singular)
leimautumisiani (partitive plural)
leimautumisessani (inessive singular)
leimautumisissani (inessive plural)
leimautumisestani (elative singular)
leimautumisistani (elative plural)
leimautumiseeni (illative singular)
leimautumisiini (illative plural)
leimautumisellani (adessive singular)
leimautumisillani (adessive plural)
leimautumiseltani (ablative singular)
leimautumisiltani (ablative plural)
leimautumiselleni (allative singular)
leimautumisilleni (allative plural)
leimautumisenani (essive singular)
leimautumisinani (essive plural)
leimautumisekseni (singular translative)
leimautumisikseni (plural translative)
leimautumisettani (abessive singular)
leimautumisittani (abessive plural)
leimautumisineni (comitative plural)
leimautumisesi (nominative singular)
leimautumisesi (nominative plural)
leimautumisesi (accusative nominative singular)
leimautumisesi (accusative nominative plural)
leimautumisesi (accusative genitive singular)
leimautumisesi (accusative genitive plural)
leimautumisesi (genitive singular)
leimautumistesi (genitive plural)
leimautumisiesi (genitive plural)
leimautumistasi (partitive singular)
leimautumisiasi (partitive plural)
leimautumisessasi (inessive singular)
leimautumisissasi (inessive plural)
leimautumisestasi (elative singular)
leimautumisistasi (elative plural)
leimautumiseesi (illative singular)
leimautumisiisi (illative plural)
leimautumisellasi (adessive singular)
leimautumisillasi (adessive plural)
leimautumiseltasi (ablative singular)
leimautumisiltasi (ablative plural)
leimautumisellesi (allative singular)
leimautumisillesi (allative plural)
leimautumisenasi (essive singular)
leimautumisinasi (essive plural)
leimautumiseksesi (singular translative)
leimautumisiksesi (plural translative)
leimautumisettasi (abessive singular)
leimautumisittasi (abessive plural)
leimautumisinesi (comitative plural)
leimautumisemme (nominative singular)
leimautumisemme (nominative plural)
leimautumisemme (accusative nominative singular)
leimautumisemme (accusative nominative plural)
leimautumisemme (accusative genitive singular)
leimautumisemme (accusative genitive plural)
leimautumisemme (genitive singular)
leimautumistemme (genitive plural)
leimautumisiemme (genitive plural)
leimautumistamme (partitive singular)
leimautumisiamme (partitive plural)
leimautumisessamme (inessive singular)
leimautumisissamme (inessive plural)
leimautumisestamme (elative singular)
leimautumisistamme (elative plural)
leimautumiseemme (illative singular)
leimautumisiimme (illative plural)
leimautumisellamme (adessive singular)
leimautumisillamme (adessive plural)
leimautumiseltamme (ablative singular)
leimautumisiltamme (ablative plural)
leimautumisellemme (allative singular)
leimautumisillemme (allative plural)
leimautumisenamme (essive singular)
leimautumisinamme (essive plural)
leimautumiseksemme (singular translative)
leimautumisiksemme (plural translative)
leimautumisettamme (abessive singular)
leimautumisittamme (abessive plural)
leimautumisinemme (comitative plural)
leimautumisenne (nominative singular)
leimautumisenne (nominative plural)
leimautumisenne (accusative nominative singular)
leimautumisenne (accusative nominative plural)
leimautumisenne (accusative genitive singular)
leimautumisenne (accusative genitive plural)
leimautumisenne (genitive singular)
leimautumistenne (genitive plural)
leimautumisienne (genitive plural)
leimautumistanne (partitive singular)
leimautumisianne (partitive plural)
leimautumisessanne (inessive singular)
leimautumisissanne (inessive plural)
leimautumisestanne (elative singular)
leimautumisistanne (elative plural)
leimautumiseenne (illative singular)
leimautumisiinne (illative plural)
leimautumisellanne (adessive singular)
leimautumisillanne (adessive plural)
leimautumiseltanne (ablative singular)
leimautumisiltanne (ablative plural)
leimautumisellenne (allative singular)
leimautumisillenne (allative plural)
leimautumisenanne (essive singular)
leimautumisinanne (essive plural)
leimautumiseksenne (singular translative)
leimautumisiksenne (plural translative)
leimautumisettanne (abessive singular)
leimautumisittanne (abessive plural)
leimautumisinenne (comitative plural)
leimautumisensa (nominative singular)
leimautumisensa (nominative plural)
leimautumisensa (accusative nominative singular)
leimautumisensa (accusative nominative plural)
leimautumisensa (accusative genitive singular)
leimautumisensa (accusative genitive plural)
leimautumisensa (genitive singular)
leimautumistensa (genitive plural)
leimautumisiensa (genitive plural)
leimautumistaan (partitive singular)
leimautumistansa (partitive singular)
leimautumisiaan (partitive plural)
leimautumisiansa (partitive plural)
leimautumisessaan (inessive singular)
leimautumisessansa (inessive singular)
leimautumisissaan (inessive plural)
leimautumisissansa (inessive plural)
leimautumisestaan (elative singular)
leimautumisestansa (elative singular)
leimautumisistaan (elative plural)
leimautumisistansa (elative plural)
leimautumiseensa (illative singular)
leimautumisiinsa (illative plural)
leimautumisellaan (adessive singular)
leimautumisellansa (adessive singular)
leimautumisillaan (adessive plural)
leimautumisillansa (adessive plural)
leimautumiseltaan (ablative singular)
leimautumiseltansa (ablative singular)
leimautumisiltaan (ablative plural)
leimautumisiltansa (ablative plural)
leimautumiselleen (allative singular)
leimautumisellensa (allative singular)
leimautumisilleen (allative plural)
leimautumisillensa (allative plural)
leimautumisenaan (essive singular)
leimautumisenansa (essive singular)
leimautumisinaan (essive plural)
leimautumisinansa (essive plural)
leimautumisekseen (singular translative)
leimautumiseksensa (singular translative)
leimautumisikseen (plural translative)
leimautumisiksensa (plural translative)
leimautumisettaan (abessive singular)
leimautumisettansa (abessive singular)
leimautumisittaan (abessive plural)
leimautumisittansa (abessive plural)
leimautumisineen (comitative plural)
leimautumisinensa (comitative plural)

verbal noun of leimautua
(psychology, ethology) imprinting


instynkt

instynkt (nominative singular)
instynktu (genitive singular)
instynktowi (dative singular)
instynkt (accusative singular)
instynktem (instrumental singular)
instynkcie (locative singular)
instynkcie (singular vocative)

Learned borrowing from Latin īnstīnctus.

(ethology) instinct (natural or inherent impulse or behavior)


samiec alfa

pl-noun

samiec alfa m animal (female equivalent samica alfa)

samica alfa (feminine)
samiec alfa (nominative singular)
samce alfa (nominative plural)
samca alfa (genitive singular)
samców alfa (genitive plural)
samcowi alfa (dative singular)
samcom alfa (dative plural)
samca alfa (accusative singular)
samce alfa (accusative plural)
samcem alfa (instrumental singular)
samcami alfa (instrumental plural)
samcu alfa (locative singular)
samcach alfa (locative plural)
samcu alfa (singular vocative)
samce alfa (plural vocative)

(zoology) alpha male (dominant male animal)


Schlüsselreiz

de-noun

Schlüsselreiz m (strong, genitive Schlüsselreizes, plural Schlüsselreize)

Schlüsselreizes (genitive)
Schlüsselreize (plural)
Schlüsselreiz (nominative singular)
Schlüsselreize (definite nominative plural)
Schlüsselreizes (genitive singular)
Schlüsselreize (definite genitive plural)
Schlüsselreiz (dative singular)
Schlüsselreize (dative singular)
Schlüsselreizen (dative definite plural)
Schlüsselreiz (accusative singular)
Schlüsselreize (accusative definite plural)

Coined by Konrad Lorenz in 1935, Schlüssel + Reiz


samica alfa

pl-noun

samica alfa f (male equivalent samiec alfa)

samiec alfa (masculine)
samica alfa (nominative singular)
samice alfa (nominative plural)
samicy alfa (genitive singular)
samic alfa (genitive plural)
samicy alfa (dative singular)
samicom alfa (dative plural)
samicę alfa (accusative singular)
samice alfa (accusative plural)
samicą alfa (instrumental singular)
samicami alfa (instrumental plural)
samicy alfa (locative singular)
samicach alfa (locative plural)
samico alfa (singular vocative)
samice alfa (plural vocative)

(zoology) alpha female (dominant female animal)

(Internet slang, derogatory) alpha female (leading woman)


funktionslust

It's also argued that running is central to what keeps us most human and healthy - that in running, humans experience funktionslust.

2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, page 124:

A sense of joy or wellbeing an animal (including a human) gets from doing that which it is meant to do.


instynkt samozachowawczy

instynkt samozachowawczy (nominative singular)
instynktu samozachowawczego (genitive singular)
instynktowi samozachowawczemu (dative singular)
instynkt samozachowawczy (accusative singular)
instynktem samozachowawczym (instrumental singular)
instynkcie samozachowawczym (locative singular)
instynkcie samozachowawczy (singular vocative)

(ethology, evolutionary theory) survival instinct, instinct of self-preservation

ethology; evolutionary theory; ethology; evolutionary theory


courtship display

en-noun

courtship display (plural courtship displays)

(ethology) Set of display behaviors in which an animal, usually a male, attempts to attract a mate.


behavioral sink

behavioral sink (plural behavioral sinks)

(zoology, ethology) A collapse in behavior that can result from overpopulation.


kleptogamy

(zoology, ethology) copulation strategy by which males attempt to mate stealthily