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fright reaction
(English) Wriggling, darting and other movements stimulated in members of the Cypriniformes and Gonorhynchiformes on scenting the alarm substance released from the injured skin of their own or a related species. These movements serve to warn of or confuse a predator. (See also: predator)

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