Sentences with phrase «common defense mechanism»

Salamanders hatched from eggs that have been doused with predator - scented water showed reduced activity — a common defense mechanism — compared with those from eggs in odorless water.

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Although glandular hairs are a common chemical defense mechanism in plants, they're rare in insects.

The findings of this study have gradually made their way into common parlance e.g. «defense mechanism», «coping,» «rejection,» «repression,» «denial,» etc..

Water - bearing planets like Earth may carry some natural defense mechanism against global freezing, and this might mean liquid water is more common in the Universe than astrobiologists have traditionally assumed.