"Batesian mimicry" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: Named for Henry Walter Bates. Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} Batesian mimicry (uncountable)
  1. (biology) The resemblance of one or more non-poisonous species to a poisonous species, for example, the scarlet king snake and the coral snake. Wikipedia link: Batesian mimicry, Henry Walter Bates Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Biology, Ecology, Evolutionary theory Related terms: Compare with Müllerian mimicry Translations (resemblance of a non-poisonous species to a poisonous one): 貝氏擬態 (Chinese Mandarin), 贝氏拟态 (bèishìnǐtài) (Chinese Mandarin), Batesin mimikry (Finnish), mimétisme de Bates [masculine] (French), mimetismo batesiano [masculine] (Portuguese), мимикри́я Бе́йтса (mimikríja Bɛ́jtsa) [feminine] (Russian), бе́йтсовская мимикри́я (bɛ́jtsovskaja mimikríja) [feminine] (Russian), mimetismo batesiano [masculine] (Spanish)
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