cryptic coloration

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• cryptic coloration — noun coloring that conceals or disguises an animal s shape • Hypernyms: ↑protective coloration * * * cryptic coloration noun (zoology) Protective resemblance to some part of the environment by countershading or mimicry (eg of leaves or twigs) • • …   Useful english dictionary

• Coloration — may refer to: Color, the visual perceptual property corresponding in humans to the categories called red, green, blue and others, along with any variation, quality, or property thereof Color gradient, a range of position dependent colors Animal… …   Wikipedia

• coloration — colorational, adj. colorationally, adv. /kul euh ray sheuhn/, n. appearance with regard to color arrangement or use of colors; coloring: the bold coloration of some birds. [1605 15; COLOR + ATION] * * * ▪ biology Introduction       in biology,… …   Universalium

• cryptic — adjective Etymology: Late Latin crypticus, from Greek kryptikos, from kryptos Date: circa 1638 1. secret, occult 2. a. having or seeming to have a hidden or ambiguous meaning ; mysterious …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• cryptic — Hidden; occult; larvate. [G. kryptikos] * * * cryp·tic krip tik adj 1) serving to conceal <cryptic coloration in animals> 2) not recognized <a cryptic infection> <cryptic cases of lead poisoning> cryp·ti·cal·ly ti k(ə )lē adv *… …   Medical dictionary

• cryptic — adj. [Gr. kryptos, hidden] 1. Concealing; stillness; silence; death feigning; protective coloration. 2. A form of polymorphism controlled by recessive genes; crypsis n …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

• cryptic color — Sematic or protective coloration, designed to blend an animal with its background; see anticryptic color …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

• cryptic — adjective 1》 mysterious or obscure in meaning.     ↘(of a crossword) having difficult clues which indicate the solutions indirectly. 2》 Zoology (of coloration or markings) serving to camouflage an animal in its natural environment. Derivatives… …   English new terms dictionary

• cryptic — adj. 1 a obscure in meaning. b (of a crossword clue etc.) indirect; indicating the solution in a way that is not obvious. c secret, mysterious, enigmatic. 2 Zool. (of coloration etc.) serving for concealment. Derivatives: cryptically adv.… …   Useful english dictionary

• protective coloration — noun coloration making an organism less visible or attractive to predators • Topics: ↑zoology, ↑zoological science • Hypernyms: ↑coloration, ↑colouration • Hyponyms: ↑aposematic coloration, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• Animal coloration — Chapman s Zebras in Botswana, displaying their outline disrupting camouflage Animal coloration has been a topic of interest and research in biology for well over a century. According to Charles Darwin s 1859 theory of natural selection,[1 …   Wikipedia