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Dutch term

cycloalexie

Dutch to Italian Science Biology (-tech,-chem,micro-) larve di insetti
Il concetto è chiarissimo: una strategia di difesa in cui le larve (a riposo) si dispongono ad anello per fare scudo contro i predatori. Semplicemente non riesco a trovar un equivalente in italiano (che suonerebbe probabilmente cicloalessia?), mentre sembrano esserci corrispondenze in inglese, francese, ...
qualche idea?

Qua il contesto:
Er is nog een interessante vorm van larvale groepsverdediging die
ik hier wil noemen, en dat is zogeheten cycloalexie. Deze term is
opgebouwd uit het Griekse kuklos dat ‘cirkel’ betekent, en alexo
dat staat voor ‘verdediging’. Cycloalexie is een methode die wordt
ingezet tijdens rustmomenten. Alle individuen van de groep vormen
dan samen een cirkel, zij aan zij, waarbij het uiteinde van het
lichaam dat het meest geschikt is om zich mee te verdedigen naar
de buitenrand gekeerd is...
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Insect Behavior - Page 179 - Google Books resulthttps://books.google.co.uk › books
Robert W. Matthews, ‎Janice R. Matthews · 2009 · ‎Science
... of these chemicals against an insect species' known natural enemies, ... They also often assume a 'cycloalexis' formation with their heads facing out, ...


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(PDF) Preemptive Circular Defence of Immature Insectshttps://www.researchgate.net › publication › 270627809_...
13 Nov 2021 — Several immature insects exhibit cycloalexy, a behaviour. whose de nition we have amended to: “A preemptive defence.

A natural history of conspecific aggregations in terrestrial ... - Brillhttps://brill.com › journals › tar › article-p289_5
aggregations in one insect family, the Chrysomelidae, as the authors have ... cycloalex (e.g., some insects are cycloalexing) and as an adjective (e.g., ...


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Comunicazione di animale • it.knowledgr.comhttps://it.knowledgr.com › Comunica...· Translate this page
****Il comportamento di formare una coccarda è chiamato cycloalexy****. Il contatto può anche essere un modo di informare conspecifics sull'ambiente.
Note from asker:
grazie mille, ma il problema è trovare un traducente. l'ultimo sito, in italiano, è tradotto automaticamente
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