deimatic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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adj

"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."
"Intermediate between the clear cases of camouflage and signaling are deimatic displays."

From Ancient Greek δειματόω (deimatóō).

more deimatic (comparative) most deimatic (superlative)

dymantic

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