1. In a manner that serves as a warning signal to potential predators, typically through bright colors or distinctive patterns.
Usage: biology; ecology

Examples

• The poison dart frog displays its toxicity aposematically through vivid red and blue coloration.
• Many venomous snakes are colored aposematically to advertise their danger to predators.
• The caterpillar's stripes function aposematically, signaling that it is toxic to eat.
• Wasps and bees use aposematically bold yellow and black patterns to warn of their stings.
• The monarch butterfly's orange wings serve aposematically to indicate its poisonous nature.