"deimatic" meaning in English

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      "form": "more deimatic",
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          "ref": "1988, John L. Cloudsley-Thompson, Evolution and Adaptation of Terrestrial Arthropods, page 122:",
          "text": "These deimatic eye spots do not have the same function as those that deflect predatory attack. They give to their owner the appearance of a considerable increase in size.",
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          "ref": "2016, Peter Godfrey-Smith, Other Minds, William Collins, published 2018, page 125:",
          "text": "Intermediate between the clear cases of camouflage and signaling are deimatic displays.",
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        "Designed to startle or frighten a potential predator."
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          "startle",
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          "predator",
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        "(zoology) Designed to startle or frighten a potential predator."
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          "word": "dymantic"
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        "biology",
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  "word": "deimatic"
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