COUNTERSHADING

Meaning of COUNTERSHADING in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkau̇n-tər-ˌshā-diŋ ]

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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary. Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster. 2003

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