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pouyannian mimicry

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pouyan-ni-an mimicry
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of mimicry exhibited by some plants, whereby certain flower parts resemble a (female) potential mate for a male of a pollinator species, thus inducing pseudocopulation.

Uncountable

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Etymology

Coined 1982 by Georges Pasteur, after Maurice-Alexandre Pouyanne, who described the behaviour in orchids in a 1916 paper.

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What does pouyannian mimicry mean?
A type of mimicry exhibited by some plants, whereby certain flower parts resemble a (female) potential mate for a male of a pollinator species, thus inducing pseudocopulation.
Where does pouyannian mimicry come from?
Coined 1982 by Georges Pasteur, after Maurice-Alexandre Pouyanne, who described the behaviour in orchids in a 1916 paper.

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