/ri lee"seuhr/ , n.
1. a person or thing that releases.
2. Ethology. a key stimulus, as a sound, odor, moving shape, or patch of color, that elicits a predictable behavioral response in an animal.
[ 1425-75; late ME. See RELEASE, -ER 1 ]
/ri lee"seuhr/ , n.
1. a person or thing that releases.
2. Ethology. a key stimulus, as a sound, odor, moving shape, or patch of color, that elicits a predictable behavioral response in an animal.
[ 1425-75; late ME. See RELEASE, -ER 1 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012