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fixed action pattern
noun
, Ethology.
- a highly stereotyped pattern of behavior that is characteristic of a particular species.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of fixed action pattern1
Said to be a translation of German Erbkoordination, term used by Konrad Lorenz
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