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Definition of Animal communication
1. Noun. Communication between animals (of the same species).
Medical Definition of Animal communication
1. Communication between animals involving the giving off by one individual of some chemical or physical signal, that, on being received by another, influences its behaviour. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Animal Communication
Literary usage of Animal communication
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ways of Nature by John Burroughs (1905)
"VI animal communication rI iHE notion that animals consciously train and _1_
educate their young has been held only tentatively by European writers on ..."
2. The Writings of John Burroughs by John Burroughs (1905)
"VI animal communication notion that animals consciously train and I educate their
young has been held only tentatively by European writers on natural ..."
3. Proceedings by Freemasons Grand Lodge of Nova Scotia (1876)
"At the last animal communication I was barely convalescent from a veiy serious
and painful illness ; and although I attempted to resume my ordinary duties ..."
4. Classified Catalog of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. 1902-1906 by Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh (1907)
"animal communication. —Devious paths.—What do animals know?—Do animals think and
reflect?—A pinch of salt.—The literary treatment of nature. ..."
5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"AM Wenner, in animal communication TA Sebeok, Ed. (Indiana Univ. Press, Bloomington,
1968). 20. K. von Frisch and OA Rösch, ..."
6. Language: An Introduction to the Study of Speech by Edward Sapir (1921)
"Such human or animal communication, if "communication" it may be called, as is
brought about by involuntary, instinctive cries is not, in our sense, ..."