COLOR PHASE


Meaning of COLOR PHASE in English

noun

1.

a. : a genetic variant manifested by the occurrence of a skin or pelage color unlike the wild type of the animal group in which it appears and usually produced by a number of different factors interacting in accord with Mendel's laws

the silver color phase of the red fox

b. : an individual exhibiting or a pelt or skin that is the result of such a genetic variant

these foxes are all color phases

— compare mutation

2. : a seasonally variant pelage color

the drab summer color phase of the ermine

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