Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Concealment. See extract.
- noun A term used in the discussions of the seventeenth century to designate Christ's possession of divine omnipotence and divine omniscience, with conscious restraint in the use of them.
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- noun biology The ability of an organism to avoid
observation
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Examples
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"crypsis," or the ability of an organism to blend into its surroundings (and thus avoid predation).
Ethical Technology IEET 2010
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Another popular form of mimicry in plants and animals is crypsis, the art of concealment.
Kenny Ausubel: The Sting: Social Biomimicry and The Role of Fraud in Nature Kenny Ausubel 2011
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Another popular form of mimicry in plants and animals is crypsis, the art of concealment.
Kenny Ausubel: The Sting: Social Biomimicry and The Role of Fraud in Nature Kenny Ausubel 2011
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Aposematism is in contrast with crypsis, or those adaptations helping to conceal a prey item.
Aposematism 2008
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In animals, markings alone are not sufficient to effect crypsis as background matching behavior is also vital.
Crypsis 2007
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The offspring of the more cryptic (camouflaged) moths resemble their parents (heredity), so gradually the color of the population drifts toward more crypsis.
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The offspring of the more cryptic (camouflaged) moths resemble their parents (heredity), so gradually the color of the population drifts toward more crypsis.
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Several studies have shown that crypsis and mimicry confer a selective advantage against visual predators 2.
Behe and bugs: Genesis of a Creationist canard? - The Panda's Thumb 2005
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This conclusion is further strengthened by the existence of many gradations of stick- and leaf-like crypsis in living insects.
Behe and bugs: Genesis of a Creationist canard? - The Panda's Thumb 2005
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If an experiment is made to show crypsis has a selective advantage, it must be faulty or faked peppered moth anyone?
Behe and bugs: Genesis of a Creationist canard? - The Panda's Thumb 2005
Prolagus commented on the word crypsis
A word way more cryptic than cryptic (its adjective form).
February 27, 2010
qms commented on the word crypsis
Like words that hide in ellipsis
Or planets obscured by eclipses,
Some peace-seeking prey
Have mastered a way
To thrive under threat using crypsis.
February 22, 2017