Word.ws English Dictionary

Gloger's rule

Gloger's rule proper noun: a rule stating that, within a species of endotherms, more heavily pigmented forms tend to be found in more humid environments.

Proper noun

Gloger's rule

  1. A rule stating that, within a species of endotherms, more heavily pigmented forms tend to be found in more humid environments.

Origin of Gloger's rule

After the zoologist Constantin Wilhelm Lambert Gloger, who first remarked upon this phenomenon in 1833.

Questions about Gloger's rule

What does Gloger's rule mean?
Gloger's rule means a rule stating that, within a species of endotherms, more heavily pigmented forms tend to be found in more humid environments.
What part of speech is Gloger's rule?
Gloger's rule is a proper noun.

Words near Gloger's rule in the dictionary

  1. GLOF
  2. GloFish
  3. GloFishes
  4. glofitamab
  5. GLOFs
  6. Gloger's rule
  7. glogg
  8. Gloggnitz
  9. Glogova
  10. Glogowski
  11. Glogowskis

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Gloger's rule (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “Gloger's rule.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/gloger%27s_rule. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.