CONSUMMATORY BEHAVIOR


Meaning of CONSUMMATORY BEHAVIOR in English

Ethology.

a behavior pattern that occurs in response to a stimulus and that achieves the satisfaction of a specific drive, as the eating of captured prey by a hungry predator (distinguished from appetitive behavior ).

[ 1905-10 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .