COUNTERSHADING

Meaning of COUNTERSHADING in English

noun Date: 1896 cryptic coloration of an animal with parts normally in shadow being light and parts normally illuminated being dark thereby reducing shadows and contours

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COUNTERSHADING — |kau̇ntə(r)+ noun Etymology: counter- + shading : coloration (as of an animal) with parts normally in shadow being light or …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
COUNTERSHADING — /kown"teuhr shay'ding/ , n. Zool. the development of dark colors on parts usually exposed to the sun and of light …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
COUNTERSHADING — noun Date: 1896 : cryptic coloration of an animal with parts normally in shadow being light and parts normally illuminated …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
COUNTERSHADING — ■ noun Zoology protective coloration used by some animals in which parts normally in shadow are light and those exposed …
Concise Oxford English vocab
COUNTERSHADING — [coun.ter.shad.ing] n (1896): cryptic coloration of an animal with parts normally in shadow being light and parts normally illuminated being …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
COUNTERSHADING — зоол. защитная окраска (зоология) защитная окраска
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
COUNTERSHADING — n зоол. защитная окраска
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
COUNTERSHADING — зоол. защитная окраска
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
COUNTERSHADING — (n) защитная окраска
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
COUNTERSHADING — n зоол. защитная окраска
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
COUNTERSHADING — n зоол. защитная окраска
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
COUNTERSHADING — зоол. защитная окраска (зоология) защитная окраска
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
COUNTERSHADING — n. Pronunciation: ' kau ̇ n-t ə r- ˌ sh ā -di ŋ Function: noun Date: 1896 : cryptic coloration …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
CONCEALING COLORATION — in animals, the use of biological coloration to mask location, identity, and movement, providing concealment from prey and protection from …
Britannica English vocabulary
BACK SWIMMER — any insect of the family Notonectidae (order Heteroptera), containing approximately 200 species. These relatively small insects occur worldwide. Most are …
Britannica English vocabulary

Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster

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