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/si mat"ik/, adj. Biol.serving as a sign or warning of danger, as the conspicuous colors or markings of certain poisonous animals.[1885-90; < Gk semat- (s. of sêma) sign + -IC]
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Sematic — Se*mat ic (s[ e]*m[a^]t [i^]k), a. [Gr. sh^ma, sh matos, sign, token.] Significant; ominous; serving as a warning of danger; applied esp. to the warning colors or forms of certain animals. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sematic — [si mat′ik] adj. [< Gr sēma (gen. sēmatos), a sign (see SEMANTIC) + IC] Zool. serving as a sign of danger, as the coloration of some poisonous snakes … English World dictionary
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sematic — adj. [Gr. sema, sign] Functioning as a warning of danger, as signalling colors of insects, or disagreeable odors of certain poisonous or dangerous animals; see allosematic, antiaposematic, aposematic, parasematic, pseudosematic, episematic,… … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
sematic — adjective (of the colouring of some insects etc) acting as a sign of danger … Wiktionary
sematic — {{11}} 1890, from Gk. semat , comb. form of sema (gen. sematos) “sign” + IC (Cf. ic). {{12}} 1890, from Gk. semat , comb. form of sema sign (see SEMANTIC (Cf. semantic)) + IC (Cf. ic) … Etymology dictionary
sematic — se·mat·ic … English syllables
sematic — se•mat•ic [[t]sɪˈmæt ɪk[/t]] adj. anb warning of danger, as a conspicuous marking on a poisonous animal • Etymology: 1885–90; < Gk sēmat (s. of sêma) sign … From formal English to slang
sematic — /səˈmætɪk/ (say suh matik) adjective serving as a sign or warning of danger, as the conspicuous colours or markings of certain poisonous animals. {Greek sema sign + ic} …
sematic — a. Zoology, (of coloration) serving as a warning. ♦ sematography n. writing in signs and not letters. ♦ sematology, n. semantics … Dictionary of difficult words
