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English noun: protective coloration

1. protective coloration (attribute) coloration making an organism less visible or attractive to predators


Broader (hypernym)coloration, colouration


Narrower (hyponym)apatetic coloration, aposematic coloration, cryptic coloration, warning coloration


Domain categoryzoological science, zoology









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