- In
evolutionary biology,
Gilbertian mimicry is a rare type of
mimicry in
plants involving only two species, a host or prey
animal which is the mimic, and...
- out its
logical consequences,
however absurd. Mike
Leigh describes the "
Gilbertian"
style as follows: "With
great fluidity and freedom, [Gilbert] continually...
- colony. Most of the
models here are
eusocial insects, prin****lly ants.
Gilbertian mimicry is bipolar,
involving only two species. The
potential host (or...
-
Gilbert (b. 1942) is an
American biologist,
known for his
discovery of
Gilbertian mimicry.
Lawrence E.
Gilbert was born in
Laredo (Texas) in 1942. His father...
- the
other species are
attracted to a fake
fruit to
distribute seeds;
Gilbertian,
where a
plant has
structures like
butterfly eggs,
dissuading egg-laying;...
- consequences,
however absurd.
Director and
playwright Mike
Leigh described the "
Gilbertian"
style as follows: With
great fluidity and freedom, [Gilbert] continually...
- topsy-turvy moments; and Mr.
Hammerstein attends very
skilfully to the
lurking Gilbertian humour." Less favorably, in the
Daily Express, John
Barber called the...
- be
difficult to imagine. Mr
Oscar Wilde has
decorated a
humour that is
Gilbertian with
innumerable spangles of that wit that is all his own". The Importance...
-
Vanbrugh and
Evelyn Millard could not be
bettered and
caught the
required Gilbertian tone. The
Observer remarked on the "rapturous amu****t" of the audience...
- wrote: "we
secretly marvelled at the
naturalness and ease with
which [the
Gilbertian quips and absurdities] were said and done. For
until then no
living soul...
