Word: mimeticus
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...knowledge only indirectly, through images, words, or other symbolic signs." One discernible group of plants is the Tirillus, woodland greenery found in places like the tundras of Ackerman's Land on the equally fictitious Borloff Straits. The species Tirillus vulgaris resembles bread sticks; but a variety, T. mimeticus, assumes the shape and color of its surroundings and thus is permanently invisible. Even more unusual is T. silvador, which grows in the high Andes and emits shrill whistles on clear January and February nights, possibly to warn away llamas that might otherwise tread...