resemblance
51-oid — Resemblance to, equivalent to Eng. form. [G. eidos, form, resemblance] * * * suffix denoting like; resembling. Example: pemphigoid (condition resembling pemphigus). * * * [Gr. oeidēs, from eidos form] a word termination denoting resemblance… …
52staphylo-, staphyl- — Resemblance to a grape or a bunch of grapes, hence relating usually to staphylococci or, in obsolescent image, to the uvula palatina. SEE ALSO: uvulo . [G. staphyle, a bunch of grapes] …
53silliminarity — Resemblance sarcasm about how closely unlike things are related. I ve often noticed the silliminarity between a chopstick and an elephant …
54silliminarity — Resemblance sarcasm about how closely unlike things are related. I ve often noticed the silliminarity between a chopstick and an elephant …
55heredity — Resemblance among individuals related by descent; transmission of traits from parents to offspring …
56apparlement — Resemblance; probability …
57Depiction — is meaning conveyed through pictures. Basically, a picture maps an object to a two dimensional scheme or picture plane. Pictures are made with various materials and techniques, such as painting, drawing, or prints (including photography and… …
58Animal colouration — has been a topic of interest and research in biology for well over a century. Colours may be cryptic (functioning as an adaptation allowing the prevention of prey detection; aposematic (functioning as a warning of unprofitability) or may be the… …
59mimicry — /mim ik ree/, n., pl. mimicries. 1. the act, practice, or art of mimicking. 2. Biol. the close external resemblance of an organism, the mimic, to some different organism, the model, such that the mimic benefits from the mistaken identity, as… …
60Animal coloration — Chapman s Zebras in Botswana, displaying their outline disrupting camouflage Animal coloration has been a topic of interest and research in biology for well over a century. According to Charles Darwin s 1859 theory of natural selection,[1 …
