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ILC class ou

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Expanded class ou

   ▲  broader class

▽ ⌕         ou       communication; biocommunication; expression; signs; signals  [semiotics; zoosemiotics]
▽ ⌕         ou36                 to addressee; receiver
▽ ⌕         ou40                 disturbed by noise
▽ ⌕         ou5             channel
▽ ⌕         ou5e25c                                underwater acoustic
▽ ⌕         ou5ed                      display; visual
▽ ⌕         ou5ee                      electric
▽ ⌕         ou5ef                      chemical
▽ ⌕         ou5efs                           olfactory
▽ ⌕         ou5eh                      acoustic  [bioacoustics]
▽ ⌕         ou6Ch                      honest signals  [Zahavi's handicap theory]
▽ ⌕         ou6Cm                      manipulative signals
▽ ⌕         ou77db   ⋄                          mouth
▽ ⌕         ou90                 representing; of referent; meaning  [semantics]
▽ ⌕         ou97                 by sender species; utterer  ✍
▽ ⌕         ou98                 expressing function; expected effect  [pragmatics]
▽ ⌕         ou98e                      alarm
▽ ⌕         ou98g                      threat
▽ ⌕         ou98i                      localisation
▽ ⌕         ou98m                      courtship; mating
▽ ⌕         ou98r                      individual recognition; identity
▽ ⌕         ou98s                      social contact
▽ ⌕         oub            natural signs  ✍
▽ ⌕         ouc            mimicry; crypsis
▽ ⌕         ouc36                      to dupe; signal-receiver
▽ ⌕         ouc90                      similar to; imitating model
▽ ⌕         ouc97                      of mimic
▽ ⌕         oucc                 camouflage
▽ ⌕         ouce                 mimesis
▽ ⌕         oucm                 mimicry SS
▽ ⌕         oucmb                      Batesian mimicry
▽ ⌕         oucmm                      Müllerian mimicry
▽ ⌕         oucms                      Emsleyan mimicry; Mertensian mimicry
▽ ⌕         oucmv                      Vavilovian mimicry
▽ ⌕         oucmw                      Wasmannian mimicry
▽ ⌕         oun            indices; indexes; indexicals  ✍
▽ ⌕         ouu            icons; iconicity; likeness; semblance
▽ ⌕         ouy            symbols
 
Connected classes:
 
 q language  [linguistics]  ← ou p mU 
 q7g           gestures; visual-manual signs; body motion; body language  [kinesics]  ← ou5ed 
 q7o           non-verbal vocalization; non-lexical utterance  ← ou5eh 
 q7s           speaking; speech s.s.; spoken language; orality  ← ou5eh 
 tu      media; means of communication; information exchange  [information and communication technology; ICT]  ← ou q 
 w7      with symbol; sacred object  ← ouy 
 x creative arts; art works; aesthetic expressions   [aesthetics; art criticism]  ← u6u ouu g 
 ygoys                     bioacoustics  ← ou g5n 

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